Comments on: The Rescue

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:12:55 +0000

In reply to Jennifer. Hey, thanks.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:35:19 +0000

Wow. This is just beautiful, Dave.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:36:48 +0000

Thanks, all. This was one of those posts I wrote when I was so tired I had to focus hard, and sometimes that’s not a bad approach, I guess. The core of it did come from a dream the night before. Now those photos from the Boston paper are spreading all over the web, so I guess most readers would have a reference point there.

By: Joan

Joan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:10:07 +0000

Stunningly beautiful and haunting Dave. You have given the birds a voice. This poem haunts me long after news images of oil encrusted sea fowls begin to fade. It should be the anthem of wildlife rescue groups. At first I thought it one of those situations where one awakes from a dream to find the reality worse, but on re-reading, I realized the bird children had been the subject all along.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:24:03 +0000

A terrific piece of writing, Dave.

By: JJS

JJS — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:28:15 +0000

Jeezus. Ow.
This is beautiful and terrible.

By: Sarah B

Sarah B — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:01:45 +0000

I am stunned.

By: James

James — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:43:45 +0000

I really like how this reads. The 1st time I read it, a few things seemed odd especially the tilting the head and the single word. By the end, it made sense: these are birds. That bleed-through, those moments when the Roma kids seem oddly birdlike, is very well done.