Benjamin Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 a general susurrus of noisethen the clamour of billionsis gonewith no one to rememberor mourna single strangerlooking for Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainrohit Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 so touching , so caring ....... Made me feel the emotions that were intended from this .... We are really paying lesser attention to nature and things around us ...... Enjoyed reading Mr. Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonqueen Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have to say, I'd never heard of the Passenger Pigeon, but now I'll never forget. Between your words, the story, the song, I've begun my day with tears. I could not have been more touched if you had wrung my heart with your hands. Excellent, G. t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatekeeper Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 As we nearly did-in the American Bison as well, even more knowingly. Both keystone species in North America. Would we have done anything different if we had known that? A look at what we are doing to the planet now and you have your answer. Greed. Such is the fame of the human species, seemingly out of control, though I suspect this is the fateful norm for our kind. Doomed. Still, thanks, Benjamin, for your poem, the link and your attention to this now little known collective criminal act. Quote from the black desert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 "...all that He had made, and it was very good." And we destroy it. You are correct, gatekeeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Well wrought Benjamin, well wrought. Beautiful. Con/Jur/D Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Goeff, This is absolutely beautiful. And thanks for the video, loved it. ~~Tink Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 My thanks to those who've left notes on this. I wonder if humanity gorges itself like a caterpillar on the senses to the exclusion of everything else; with the assumption that absolution and some kind of beautiful ethereal transformation awaits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Geoff, this one made me think of our (humans) own frailty in time. We could so easily become the Passenger pigeon, taking a wrong turn in our own trail of life. Deep stuff. I continue to learn from your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Thanks Franklin you got it spot on. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Remarkable 19th century voice on that singer! Apparently, these pigeons were edible? 'Nuff said. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Geoff, Gulp. Thanks (I think), - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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