The Ecological self in Rewat Panpipat's Poetry

Abstract

This article aims to study the ecological self in Rewat Panpipat’s poetry. In this study, seven Rewat Panpipat’s poetries are used, including Ban Mae Nam, Pleng Nam, Mae Nam Ram Luek, Nok Cheewit, Maew Phu Mong Hen Kam Pang Pen Sa Pan“the story of a cat seeing the wall as a bridge” . Mae Nam Deaw Kan, and Mae Nam Tee Sap Soon. The result of the study insists that  Rewat Panpipat’s poems are influenced by nature. Moreover, Rewat Panpipat’s ecological self is revealed in his poetry in two unique features including nature materials soils, water, and wild. Another point is seasons and places. Those poems show Rewat Panpipat's imagination of the relationship between humans and nature. The poems reveal that humans and nature are living together and can be seen as the same thing. Nature portrays as the creator, caregiver, value maker to the human race. The value of human life is self-realization which relates to enlighten nature or ecological self.