After Dreaming Extinction of Birds
Scott T. Starbuck
Though it is hard to believe,
winged creatures
filled skies with song.
One called eagle
was the symbol of our nation.
One called golden pheasant
was like a painting.
One called homing pigeon
carried messages.
One called macaw parrot
Their migrations signaled
change of seasons
when there were seasons.
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Scott T. Starbuck’s audio poems about climate change are on his blog Trees, Fish, and Dreams. Active in SanDiego350, he joined local Native Communities’ Rally and Actions Against Dakota Access Pipeline. His books are Industrial Oz: Ecopoems (Fomite, 2015), Lost Salmon (MoonPath, 2016), and the forthcoming Hawk on Wire: Ecopoems (Fomite, 2017). He was an an Artsmith Fellow on Orcas Island, and 2016 PLAYA climate change resident in poetry.