passenger pigeon

[Benjamin]

a general susurrus of noise
then the clamour of billions
is gone
with no one to remember
or mourn
a single stranger
looking for Jordan

[jainrohit]

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

[moonqueen]

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

[Gatekeeper]

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.

[dcmarti1]

"...all that He had made, and it was very good."

 

And we destroy it. You are correct, gatekeeper.

[dr_con]

Well wrought Benjamin, well wrought. Beautiful.

 

Con/Jur/D

[Tinker]

Goeff, This is absolutely beautiful. And thanks for the video, loved it.

 

~~Tink

[Benjamin]

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.

[fdelano]

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.

[Benjamin]

Thanks Franklin you got it spot on. G.

[dedalus]

Remarkable 19th century voice on that singer! Apparently, these pigeons were edible? 'Nuff said.

[David W. Parsley]

Geoff,

Gulp.

Thanks (I think),

- Dave