I Miss the Dodo
I Miss the Dodo
1
I miss the Dodo
from many different families
found family deep
or deeper than blood
California Bear
Salamander and Lions
a long list of Wolf
a race of Wild Dog
Not just one many
lost and never really found
again mostly gone
even if slightly
Elk and swimming Trout
simply consumed by numbers
longer list of game
hungry mouths to feed
I miss the Dodo
these queer disappearances
hidden deep away
my long lost hours
This listing goes on
the Nebuda extincta
extinct in the name
on list anyway
2
To my long lost friends
who create voices outside
I create my voice
from my inside
Here’s to the extinct
Puerto Rican Parakeet
a Mouse where quiet
the roar of the Mammoth
Erasure poems
written with quills of the lost
two by two they go
or are they just gone
This point is juncture
a re-examination
this prose before us
may hold up answers
Put my name on list
I have exhausted reserves
my spirit needs rest
what’s left is just ash
In three billion years
our sun will burn out its wick
there will be no more lists
no one to wonder
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Will our species thrive
find answers to these problems
care for each other
balance with nature
There are no answers
from multi-colored Dodo
Sabre Tooth Tiger
lost forest flower
I miss the Dodo
to move my finger down list
a melancholy
heavy on my brow
To fight entropy
something in us has to give
re-awakening
listening within
These modern dramas
like Greek Tragedy of old
consume energy
at alarming rate
Combine energy
use gifts of humanity
too late for Dodo
but maybe not us
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Jamie, this is a melancholy poem packed with nostalgia and sorrow for lost treasures of nature. There are many animals, birds, flora and fauna on endangered lists. If we could but do something to encourage help for protecting nature, your poem is one great example and should be shared/read by everyone. Great work my friend.