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This paper attempts to examine the use of environmental elements to represent natural features in the poetry of Chenjerai Hove (1956- 2015) and specifically in his book Blind Moon (2003). It illustrates a theoretical background on Eco criticism and Eco poetry as tools to show how Hove explored and expressed humanity's quest for identity and a place on Earth and examining his poetry in this way sheds light on the idea of 'nature' and investigates several questions regarding our interconnectedness and relatedness. Hove is a Zimbabwean poet who wrote extensively on Africa, nature, heritage and the preservation of one's identity. He always makes use of African and Zimbabwean traditions and conventions. Hove's poetry offers a close investigation of the psychological and social views of nature and the rural areas and features. He died in 2015 while living in exile in Norway after fiercely rejecting the policies of the Mugabe authority. This paper attempts to examine selected poems by Hove from Blind Moon using Eco criticism approach in order to answer the following questions: 1. What is meant by Eco criticism? 2. What are the environmental issues inscribed in his poems? 3. What elements of thought could be identified about human responsibility towards environment in the poem?

The hypothesis of this paper is to examine poetics of exile, nostalgia and memory in the poetry of Wole Soyinka and Mahmoud Sami Al Barudi. Revolting against western influence, colonialism and economic exploitation are among the issues modern Arab and African poets have dealt with. The analysis is based on the analytical/ comparative view of the selected poems. Postcolonial criticism focuses on the literature of cultures and colonized nations that developed in response to colonization. For Soyinka, post- independence poetry aims at exposing the ugly reality of the ruling regime. For Al Barudi, Arab nations of Africa fought colonization for hundreds of years and resistance poetry is an integral part of Arabic literature in general. It affected Egyptians and rebels in particular politically, socially and culturally. Consequently, hundreds of poets were exiled or imprisoned for resisting colonization. This paper attempts to address the following questions: 1) How was the symbol of \"motherland\" employed in a Romantic manner in the poetry of Al Barudi and Soyinka to express their nostalgia and memory? 2) How each one of them was successful in expressing the unique philosophy of \"revolting\" against governments? 3) How the symbol of exile was different for each one of them yet serves as a motif for beautifying and idealizing \"the motherland\"? The selected poems are relevant since they elaborate the social mission of poets in expressing reality and exposing ugly regimes.