Turtle Island themes

The central theme that I have noticed in the first several poems is nature. They all deal with animals, plants, the earth or a combination of both. Snyder pays great attention to detail in all of his poems and they are all very descriptive. Another thing that I noticed was how edgy I guess is the right word, the poems are. They are in a sense a tad bizarre and Snyder is not afraid to push the limit and write what he wants.