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That Won't Answer Why
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That Won't Answer Why |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
 That won't answer why? Wing-tip fingers drift Up gyres of updrafts High above the water world, The red tail spreads, Its rudder as it lifts. * But enters a pestilent two, Dressed in black and purple. Muggers appear, breakers Of high soaring rhythms; Out of an alley of dark clouds, They have come to roll the drifter. * Coal, and red-ocher, against Blue-silver Skies, the blue-blacks Show a recklessness in flight, With fletched arrow beaks, They parry, trying to release The sight, and blind The lifting prey-birds eye's. * (My mind is filled with why?) * Perhaps a shot gun, should explode And blow the black Samara's From the sky-to 'copter, Blood on feathers Pitching -swirling, down? * (But that won't answer why?) [This message has been edited by ice (01-11-2016 11:41 AM).] |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Trying to get the picture to print..grrrrrrrrr ooops. I got it..:-) [This message has been edited by ice (01-11-2016 11:42 AM).] |
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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
I know what you mean Ice I have felt that way over crows that in the nesting time they attack our windows because they see their reflection and see another crow as an intruder. They also pull out the rubber installation. It got so bad a few years ago that I bought an air rifle as the last resort. After getting the bird in the sights and taking the first pressure on the trigger, I thought why am I doing this? I’ve had more than my fill of guns and what they do so I laid it to one side. It’s now in my loft and untouched for years. I think the answer to your question lies in the balance of nature. Animals very rarely kill for no apparent reason; I have seen a herd of antelopes virtually walk untouched through a pride of lions in Africa. There is only one exception to the rule and we both know which culprit that is, don’t we? |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
From the photo, and your words, Ice, I can only conclude that they are protecting their ground, in this case their sea. On the other hand, crows being crows, they may be encroaching the other birds' turf . . . The answer to your question, I believe, is that it is nature's way of survival. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
To observe Nature and the myriad creatures (including Cari's "culprits") within its fragile bubble and ask "Why"?...the question becomes theological, which then makes the answer clear, simple and to the point. If theology isn't your 'bag', then you are doomed to ponder over it all with no answers, just theories to take down with you as you traverse the final 'happy trail'. She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
If all the animal carnivores killed for the sake of killing there would be nothing left to sustain them and so would die of starvation. Or to reverse the argument if there were no predators to control the plant eaters then they would multiple at such a rate that they would destroy the very land that feeds them. In the wild nothing is wasted, a carcass will feed a variety of mammals, birds and insects in a strict pecking order. Whether you assign that to gods will, or as I do to the laws of nature it’s irrelevant, but it’s not a theory, its how things are. |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
I don't want the crows to change in any way. Being a Pantheist, I am in constat awe of how this planet earth runs its buisness. Being a novice scientist, I sometimes make the mistake of trying to explain it in human terms. Cari " Animals very rarely kill for no apparent reason.." Yes, I do know the culprit, I have met them, and they are us..Pogo, said that, I think. Being a farm boty, I grew up hunting , and fishing, and have taken countless lives, but I always ate what I shot, and caught. So I am no PETA member. Although I support some of their issues.. Thanks for the reply J.P. " I can only conclude that they are protecting their ground" That is a logical conclusion..But they seem to take a bit of joy in the harrasement... maybe they are bored, and that leads to their nonsensical war on the hawk? Thanks for the reply. Tickle The question is theological..."Why" is the ubnknown, an enigma of sorts. Part of the great riddle, which at heart, I really don't want to solve.. I believe e as humans should not know the answer to some questions.. Because what is discovered seems to always be destroyed, at least in the physical sense. I am really happy with not knowing why the Hawks, and Crows act this way, just as I am content about the "final happy trail" Thank you for the reply "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
quote:Its hardly "irrelevant" Cari, its either one or the other. Whichever group one belongs to, creationists or evolutionists, that group believes their 'swing' is completely relevant. Nothing new about that. Like the great sage Martini once said, "if you want to know why, first you must die". (Perhaps the replies rate a move to the 'Discussion Forum') She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Cari " Whether you assign that to gods will, or as I do to the laws of nature it’s irrelevant, but it’s not a theory, its how things are." I believe the laws of nature are all reasonable. We lower animals are handicapped in that we go against our instincts. But if you are raised Catholic like me you were taught that we are born evil..and goodness has to be beaten into you...That is what I took from religious lessons . Your poems about your children prove that theory wrong. The higher animals have a leg up on us though, they use their intuition to govern their behavior..and so are sinless. Interesting reply.. |
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Cari Member Posts 411 Englnand |
Further comments could lead to an interesting discussion but this is a poetry forum so as you say it should be moved to the appropriate board. Ice, any poem that causes one to think is a good peace of writing in my book, so congratulations. Cari. |
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