Robinson-Jeffers on deep ecology

Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster’s feet there are left the mountains.”

— Robinson Jeffers

Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, / The atom to be split.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, / The atom to be split.”

— Robinson Jeffers

Hurt Hawks cannot be mended: the wild God has turned / His back on them.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Hurt Hawks cannot be mended: the wild God has turned / His back on them.”

— Robinson Jeffers

I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same energy.”

— Robinson Jeffers

Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.”

— Robinson Jeffers

Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.

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“Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.”

— Robinson Jeffers

Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.”

— Robinson Jeffers

Profile: Robinson Jeffers

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Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet whose philosophy of “inhumanism” examined the non-human world and rejected anthropocentrism. Writing from his stone tower home in Big Sur, California, Jeffers articulated perspectives that influenced deep ecological thinking.

Jeffers’ “inhumanism” proposed shifting attention from humanity to the non-human world. He suggested that human self-focus diminishes capacity to appreciate mountains, oceans, and wild processes of nature. His poetry depicts nature with geological and cosmic scope, situating human events against backgrounds of deep time and vast space.

The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heart-breaking beauty / Will remain when there is no heart to break for it.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heart-breaking beauty / Will remain when there is no heart to break for it.”

— Robinson Jeffers

The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that.”

— Robinson Jeffers

The poet is not an important fellow. There will be no harm done if he never gets born.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“The poet is not an important fellow. There will be no harm done if he never gets born.”

— Robinson Jeffers

The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me / Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me / Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.”

— Robinson Jeffers

The world's as the world is, and the animals / Re-knowing their roads. All's well.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“The world’s as the world is, and the animals / Re-knowing their roads. All’s well.”

— Robinson Jeffers

This coast crying out for tragedy like all beautiful places.

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“This coast crying out for tragedy like all beautiful places.”

— Robinson Jeffers