your poetic history
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Being from northern California, with a city house and another on the Russian River, 70 miles north of the city, all the country kids had bb guns back then. One Christmas I got one and some primal boyhood instinct drove me to hunt innocent critters, mainly birds, but my gun was a piece of crap and I never hit anything.
(I did shoot 3 boxes of xmas ornaments on the day I got it and had it taken away for weeks.)
Then, one spring day I spied a fat noisy California Blue Jay in a 150 foot Douglas Fir tree on a low branch and I shot the poor thing in the side, and it fell, and hobbled on its wing and side into a corner and looked at me, and I threw down my gun and ran to it and brought it home where it bled to death. I was 9 at the time.
My propensity for poetry began at that very moment. I broke that gun over a stone wall that day and still well up with tears some 40ish years later when I think about it.
I marvel at birds and immense trees to this very day. I dont spend any time editing poems, I "shoot from the hip." ( and it shows
)
Im an animast deep down and spent twenty years as an arborist, the higher the climb the better. You should have seen the eagle and hawk nests Ive lowered out of dead and dangerous trees. My karmic debt slowly being paid off at the bank. At least I like to keep that thought.
(I did shoot 3 boxes of xmas ornaments on the day I got it and had it taken away for weeks.)
Then, one spring day I spied a fat noisy California Blue Jay in a 150 foot Douglas Fir tree on a low branch and I shot the poor thing in the side, and it fell, and hobbled on its wing and side into a corner and looked at me, and I threw down my gun and ran to it and brought it home where it bled to death. I was 9 at the time.
My propensity for poetry began at that very moment. I broke that gun over a stone wall that day and still well up with tears some 40ish years later when I think about it.
I marvel at birds and immense trees to this very day. I dont spend any time editing poems, I "shoot from the hip." ( and it shows
)Im an animast deep down and spent twenty years as an arborist, the higher the climb the better. You should have seen the eagle and hawk nests Ive lowered out of dead and dangerous trees. My karmic debt slowly being paid off at the bank. At least I like to keep that thought.
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wow E
to touch ones of wings in such a level is deep learning indeed...and to find ones feather...is such an enlightning day...to be blessed by the spirit of wings is to soar with eagles...you are blessed dear one...stand on this and be glad you learned such
teaching...blue
eagleyez said:Being from northern California, with a city house and another on the Russian River, 70 miles north of the city, all the country kids had bb guns back then. One Christmas I got one and some primal boyhood instinct drove me to hunt innocent critters, mainly birds, but my gun was a piece of crap and I never hit anything.
(I did shoot 3 boxes of xmas ornaments on the day I got it and had it taken away for weeks.)
Then, one spring day I spied a fat noisy California Blue Jay in a 150 foot Douglas Fir tree on a low branch and I shot the poor thing in the side, and it fell, and hobbled on its wing and side into a corner and looked at me, and I threw down my gun and ran to it and brought it home where it bled to death. I was 9 at the time.
My propensity for poetry began at that very moment. I broke that gun over a stone wall that day and still well up with tears some 40ish years later when I think about it.
I marvel at birds and immense trees to this very day. I dont spend any time editing poems, I "shoot from the hip." ( and it shows
Im an animast deep down and spent twenty years as an arborist, the higher the climb the better. You should have seen the eagle and hawk nests Ive lowered out of dead and dangerous trees. My karmic debt slowly being paid off at the bank. At least I like to keep that thought.
to touch ones of wings in such a level is deep learning indeed...and to find ones feather...is such an enlightning day...to be blessed by the spirit of wings is to soar with eagles...you are blessed dear one...stand on this and be glad you learned such
teaching...blue
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bluerains said:to touch ones of wings in such a level is deep learning indeed...and to find ones feather...is such an enlightning day...to be blessed by the spirit of wings is to soar with eagles...you are blessed dear one...stand on this and be glad you learned such
teaching...blue
thanks for your reply and sentiment.
i watched 4 fat crows dancing in a circle early this morn-lessons indeed.
edited to add I goofed again and used Ange's log in.
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I was sent
a little history from the dolphins my favorite subject...
A love story that formed a new animal - wholpin. Read
on about this amazing story. Snork
----------------------
Sea Life Lore
Waimanalo Hapa Girl Makes 10!
by Keene Rees
This may not sound like big news, but when the "girl"
is Sea Life Park's hybrid wholphin, Kekaimalu, it's
pretty exciting! Her birth on May 15, 1985 was a big
surprise for the Sea Life Park staff. Her mother, a
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), and her
father, a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens),
met on the job in the Whaler's Cove show. Since they
were two very different animals, it was not expected
that they would produce an offspring, but they did,
making Kekaimalu the world's only known living
wholphin.
Top to bottom
Killer Whale (Dad- I`anui Hahai ), Bottlenose Dolphin
(Mom- Punahele )
& Wolphin - Keikaimalu
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
She has developed into a unique animal combining
characteristics of both of her parents. At birth she
weighed 35-55 pounds and was about 45 inches long.
Today she weighs about 600 pounds.and is close to 10
feet long. Her size, color, and shape are right in
between her dolphin mother and whale father. Even her
teeth show her mixed heritage: bottlenose dolphins
have 88, false killer whales have 44, and Kekaimalu
has 66!
The wholphin's first 10 years have not been idle. She
spent her early years with her mother, Punahele, and
various other dolphins. By the age of 4 she was
trained and began performing the the Whaler's Cove
show. Hybrid animals are usually sterile, so it was
another big surprise when Kekaimalu got pregnant and
gave birth to a female calf in 1991. The calf,
Pohaikealoha, was fathered by one of the dolphins
performing in the show. Being 3/4 dolphin and 1/4
whale, Pohaikealoha looks much like a bottlenose
dolphin. Kekaimalu spent over two years with her calf,
but the Sea Life Park training staff also gets lots of
credit for raising Pohaikealoha. For 5 months they fed
her 8 times a day since no nursing occurred between
mother and calf. Pohaikealoha has now joined other
young dolphins being trained, and Kekaimalu is back
with some adult female dolphin companions.
The wholphin will soon return to show business after
her lengthy maternity leave. The Sea Life Park staff
has been busy preparing for the opening of a new show
which will give visitors a chance to learn some of the
fascinating ways marine mammals have adapted to life
in the ocean. Visitors will see Kekaimalu perform
along with 3 veteran dolphins who have been at Sea
Life Park since before she was born.
John Oakley, a Sea Life Park trainer, has worked with
Kekaimalu since her early training sessions. He is now
training her behaviors for her new show, specifically
a backward tail walk, forward flip, vocalizing on cue,
and spitting water. He feels she definitely has
matured and now has a much longer attention span.
"She's one of the brightest animals I've ever worked
with," said John of the love of his life (at least in
the animal kingdom).
Join us in wishing Kekaimalu Hauoli la hanau on May
15th and come to see her with her dolphin friends in
Sea Life Park's new Wholphin Bay Show. You'll see that
here in Hawai'i, where a mixed heritage is the norm,
Kekaimalu is right at home.
http://hotspotshawaii.com/Wolphin.html
a little history from the dolphins my favorite subject...
A love story that formed a new animal - wholpin. Read
on about this amazing story. Snork
----------------------
Sea Life Lore
Waimanalo Hapa Girl Makes 10!
by Keene Rees
This may not sound like big news, but when the "girl"
is Sea Life Park's hybrid wholphin, Kekaimalu, it's
pretty exciting! Her birth on May 15, 1985 was a big
surprise for the Sea Life Park staff. Her mother, a
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), and her
father, a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens),
met on the job in the Whaler's Cove show. Since they
were two very different animals, it was not expected
that they would produce an offspring, but they did,
making Kekaimalu the world's only known living
wholphin.
Top to bottom
Killer Whale (Dad- I`anui Hahai ), Bottlenose Dolphin
(Mom- Punahele )
& Wolphin - Keikaimalu
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
She has developed into a unique animal combining
characteristics of both of her parents. At birth she
weighed 35-55 pounds and was about 45 inches long.
Today she weighs about 600 pounds.and is close to 10
feet long. Her size, color, and shape are right in
between her dolphin mother and whale father. Even her
teeth show her mixed heritage: bottlenose dolphins
have 88, false killer whales have 44, and Kekaimalu
has 66!
The wholphin's first 10 years have not been idle. She
spent her early years with her mother, Punahele, and
various other dolphins. By the age of 4 she was
trained and began performing the the Whaler's Cove
show. Hybrid animals are usually sterile, so it was
another big surprise when Kekaimalu got pregnant and
gave birth to a female calf in 1991. The calf,
Pohaikealoha, was fathered by one of the dolphins
performing in the show. Being 3/4 dolphin and 1/4
whale, Pohaikealoha looks much like a bottlenose
dolphin. Kekaimalu spent over two years with her calf,
but the Sea Life Park training staff also gets lots of
credit for raising Pohaikealoha. For 5 months they fed
her 8 times a day since no nursing occurred between
mother and calf. Pohaikealoha has now joined other
young dolphins being trained, and Kekaimalu is back
with some adult female dolphin companions.
The wholphin will soon return to show business after
her lengthy maternity leave. The Sea Life Park staff
has been busy preparing for the opening of a new show
which will give visitors a chance to learn some of the
fascinating ways marine mammals have adapted to life
in the ocean. Visitors will see Kekaimalu perform
along with 3 veteran dolphins who have been at Sea
Life Park since before she was born.
John Oakley, a Sea Life Park trainer, has worked with
Kekaimalu since her early training sessions. He is now
training her behaviors for her new show, specifically
a backward tail walk, forward flip, vocalizing on cue,
and spitting water. He feels she definitely has
matured and now has a much longer attention span.
"She's one of the brightest animals I've ever worked
with," said John of the love of his life (at least in
the animal kingdom).
Join us in wishing Kekaimalu Hauoli la hanau on May
15th and come to see her with her dolphin friends in
Sea Life Park's new Wholphin Bay Show. You'll see that
here in Hawai'i, where a mixed heritage is the norm,
Kekaimalu is right at home.
http://hotspotshawaii.com/Wolphin.html
