“American Robin” by Barbara Crooker read by Sher Schwartz
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8 responses to ““American Robin” by Barbara Crooker read by Sher Schwartz”
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A listener from Colorado:
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I heard Miss Pearl with her squeak toy! Definitely a poem about human behavior and self destructiveness. One image that stood out to me was the piece about the bird seeing its reflection- seeing self vs a rival. It made me think about how some people vote in a way they think is only hurting “others” or “rivals” but in the end they are primarily hurting themselves.-
Thank you for listening and commenting. The puppy noises are so present I no longer notice them in the background. Talk about acclimated to chaos! You bring up an insightful point regarding how we see –perspective of self , and in this case self as rival to be destroyed or pushed out. A good point about voting choices. I think about voting across the entire public spectrum not just the federal level but locally too.
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What a prophetic poem and sharing. I recently read the book called “Fire Weather” by John Valiant. He explains that Fire is an animate being ready to over power us. And that we have let corporations market us fuel such as ikea furniture which makes our homes volatile . So that we have created a perfect storm. We are immune to the idea that we are not contributing to our extinction. For instance in a grocery store in Penn the cashier put my groceries in 50 plastic bags. Even the Bag of potatoes. They have a recycling bin for those bags which is suppose to alleviate us from guilt.
I love Jane Goodall’s plea but I am afraid that only certain companies can challenge the corporate culture of consumption. We have to give hope and thanks Sher for your gift. Be careful what you purchase and keep raising awareness.-
Thank you for listening and commenting! I will take a look at Valiant’s book. Thank you for sharing this. Your comments remind me how difficult it is to act independently apart from the culture and mindset we live in. These fifty bags is quite disheartening. I have worked on a series of poems about the role of plastic in our society — plastic as a god. Plastic preserves, protects , and inhabits our bodies and environment at all levels like spirit! Again thank you for your comments.
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Thank you again for listening — I am glad you enjoyed this one. I have an unusual poem posting next. 🙂
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Hi Sher, Thank you for this poem, returned! It was good to hear it in your voice, puppy rumblings in the background. We had a male Robin once who kept flinging himself against our sliding glass door, thump thump. But first he gorged himself on the fruit of neighbor’s cherry tree and with each hit to our glass emptied his belly. It looked like a crime scene. He was so intent on scaring away what he perceived as a threat, an intruder, that he lost all sense, and the contents of his stomach. I found him truly annoying. And I also found myself wondering in what ways might I do the same thing, thinking perhaps that I was protecting my young. So this poem resonates deeply with me. Maybe what I think I see as a threat isn’t one. I really ought to think and study before I flap around wildly, destructively.
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Hello and thank you so much for listening and commenting. I apologize it took me a few days to reply; I am in the process of preparing for two week long camping trip along the Oregon Coast. This preparation and all the regular farm duties have distracted me, and, oh, did I mention the 5 month old Pointer puppy. 🙂 Your comments are an example of why I love hearing people’s responses to each poem. I keep going back to the idea of lack of insight and unintended consequences, which we all seem to participate in on a regular basis. Thank you for sharing this poem with me.:)
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