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silence of the birds |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
I stopped in the countryside, She was silent, u met someone jogging, I asked Where are birds? I do not know, I run Then the mailman arrived, I asked, Do you know where are birds? I do not know, I bring the mail. Then I asked the baker Did you see birds? No, my job is to make some bread. Finally, I saw a roguish scientist, I asked, Where are birds? I do not know, I invent pesticides. Then, I smiled, We shall hear no more birds, Only the poet knows why, I believe that they sang by love. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Oh Yann, I really relate to this. I was just thinking yesterday about how important poets and artists are in giving voice to what is wrong in the world and sounding the alarm. ("Where are the birds") because we understand there is a deeper meaning. (..."they sang by love"). These days, politics move me every bit as much as a thunder storm or sun set can. I feel I will explode if I don't write about it. ~L |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
thanks lori, what you say is very important, and i think very now, that of species disapear, man will follow surely , your comment comfort me that way have good week |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
these days they are not as brightly inspired with moral intellect as was years ago. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Yann...Indeed where are the birds? I have some in my yard nesting in a tree close by a window where they sing to me every morning. My dentist has a big picture window in the exam room where I can watch them uninterrupted they just fly back and forth from a feeder to a bird bath, I love watching them...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
You have penned it perfectly Yann....So much of what we love seems to be becoming extinct ~ If man keeps destroying everything...shall we not perish too? A sad and scary thought. Thank you for sharing your wise words  Enjoyed my read |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Much enjoyed this my friend, and it's truths. When I first moved to my present house, 35 or so years ago, I personally logged 6o some species of bird in or over (I've never had a vulture actually land on my property, for instance, but circle above it, yes) my yard. Now, some 30 years later, so far, including migrating species, I've counted 19, this year. Some I know are due changing migration habits; many habitat depletion by growing "concrete jungle", trees being cut down, and so forth. Much due pesticides, and of course, cats, and more cats. I miss the birds, and we as a world will miss them in so many ways when their gone. Enjoyed. j. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Makes me sad. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Très triste, Yann et magnifiquement et poétiquement exprimé. |
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