I also liked the poem a lot. I read it aloud and it was very nice. I don't like
that there are invasive species but we are the most invasive of all of them by
far, and the cause of most other invasions also.
Jason
On 2023-02-18 8:54 p.m., MADELON LANE wrote:
Love the poem, increasingly I see our poor planet on a trajectory to something rather
like hell for it’s current inhabitants and am grateful for the company of all
species, who apart from humans, are unknowingly on this journey into the future
together.
On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 at 6:46 am, Geoff Ryan <
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My contribution to the Starling discussion:
*THE COMMON STARLING*
The common starling's not the darling
Of humans in this land
But why decried and vilified
I do not understand.
Is it their success and life prowess
Producing swirling flocks
Most common bird seen or heard
'Round Eastern farming blocks.
A pleasant call, not harsh at all
Iridescent breeding plume
Their beauty's there for all to share
Not admired, I presume.
They fill a niche increasing rich
Spawned by crops and farms
But also feast on bugs and beast
Protecting crops from harm.
Do they enjoy or just destroy
A farmers right to earn
Reducing grain and thus the gain
To a point of no return?
Perhaps the hatred's more predated
Bequeathed by English vile
Colonial error a foreign terror
Enough to churn our bile.
We in the East must try at least
To accept their subtle charm
Whereas the West must do its best
To keep starlings off the farm.
/Geoff Ryan/
2016
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