As a writer who is concerned with farmers, the environment, and society, Wu puts his ideals into practice through action. For more than 30 years now, he's recorded the beauty of Taiwan's traditional farming lifestyle through his poems and essays. He's depicted the farmers 'life philosophy of determined hard work and contentment, as well as the social upheavals that have been caused by changing economic conditions.
作為一位關心農村、環境、社會的文學家，吳晟用行動來實踐自己的理念，三十幾年來，透過詩與散文，記錄了早期台灣農村自然原野蘊藏的美麗生機、農民勤勞堅毅卻又知足寬厚的生活哲學、經濟掛帥下農村土地與人心價值觀的變遷。