No Goose is an Island
It always amazes me how a visual sight can trigger an association with something entirely different. When i saw this gaggle of geese sharing a small island at Gray Lodge Preserve, the opening stanzas from John Donne's epic poem came immediately to mind:
"No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main......"
My mom read this poem to me when I was a youngster. I didn't get it then, but I get it now. I only wish we humans got along as seamlessly as the members of the bird world do.
Bonus points if you know the famous last two lines of this poem--hint: think Hemingway.
Butte County CA
No Goose is an Island
It always amazes me how a visual sight can trigger an association with something entirely different. When i saw this gaggle of geese sharing a small island at Gray Lodge Preserve, the opening stanzas from John Donne's epic poem came immediately to mind:
"No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main......"
My mom read this poem to me when I was a youngster. I didn't get it then, but I get it now. I only wish we humans got along as seamlessly as the members of the bird world do.
Bonus points if you know the famous last two lines of this poem--hint: think Hemingway.
Butte County CA