All a mater of scale

All a matter of scale

15 March 2019

13:49

We recycle every thing possible Plastic/tins and glass go into the green bin

Paper into another green bin

Vegetation goes into the compost bin for garden use

Bread crumbs: fat off the meat, cheese scraps all gobbled up with glee by the birds

 

"What do you want those for? She asks

"They are too small"

 

"For you my dear they are just tiny crumbs"

"The Sparrows and Robbins find them a beakfull"

"They only have little mouths"

 

Wild Rose

March 2019

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh my, we humans have really big mouths...and we waste so much...we need to leave more crumbs for the poor, the indigent who are starving...give them some beakfulls...
makes me wonder if there is reincarnation and we are just recycled as well.

j.

[Wild Rose]

As I said all the eatable stuff goes to feed our little friends
Their plenty for them all and yet they will fight over the tinyest scrap leaving larger bits alone


I wonder if we do return in some other form

[Eilis]

What a lovely idea. Waste is something I grew up not thinking a whole lot about but I find myself thinking about deeply now. I see your poem kind of in that light. The two sides of the coin.

I like the idea that nothing is too small to pass on. It’s inspiring.

I look forward to spending more time on your page in a day or two. Very busy today, but I’d like to spend time with some of your prose.

Nice to meet you.

[Wild Rose]

Thank you for your comment - and for taking time to read

I was a child during WWII Lots of stuff was rationed including jam _ one day there was no jam - I scraped round the sides of the jar and got enough for my breakfast >>> Still scrape the jar sides now after all these years

[barleygirl]

My dad, being concerned with the environment before most were aware of the direction we are going, had us recycling in the 1970's. Currently, I have a good balance between pet bunnies (who eat extra greens) and pet dogs (who eat meat scraps) while providing fertilizer for the garden. I love how you present a common theme, but with an unexpected twist - this time, the back-and-forth between characters feels fun & brightens up your approach with humanity & laughter (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Always a good review from you > wish I was able to dissect writings half as good
Very little goes into our general waste bin except plastic wrappings

[Lydia Shutter]

Everything is relative, is it not? What we sweep up and throw away is a meal for a bird. Very clever wording here. Lydi**

[Wild Rose]

Thank You Lydi
Yes we throw away lots of stuff which could be recycled
Quite a lot of food stuff > pity we cant send it to those in need
Local supermarket now sells misshapen veg (Which the EU bans - it doesn't meet some standard or other) as 'Wonky' Veg - its at a lower price than the 'standard' veg

[Stella Armour]

That is sooooooo lovely :)

[Wild Rose]

Thank you Stella
Trying to do our bit
I sometimes think they must be the best birdsread moreThank you Stella
Trying to do our bit
I sometimes think they must be the best birds
Especially around Christmas - with Christmas Cake crumbs and cheese

[Wild Rose]

Should read Best fed

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed our birds eat everything and anything. The bigger scraps and fruit get carried away by carrion in seconds. Nicely laid out poem in a flowing conversational free verse with a story to it .

[Wild Rose]

Thank you
We have got to the stage now that as we go out dish in hand the Blackbirds will follow us and stand close by as we throw the stuff out

[Muskan]

We people have a lot to say about everything, but always less to care about ,less to mend our activities,..
Your poem is a good one😊

[Wild Rose]

Thank you
we are lucky to live on the edge of town with a fairly wide variety of birds
But yesterday they were all scared off by a visit from a Sparrow Hawk looking for a dinner

[Muskan]

That's really sad to hear😐but its nature and its food chain.

[Wild Rose]

That is the only way to look at it

[Bluebird]

Made me think of how the smallest of things can bring the greatest joy

[Wild Rose]

Thank you we have started to throw most of the food under the hedge near where they live
If we throw it on the small lawn starlings and crows come in hoards and gobble everything up in seconds.
They wont go under the hedge - too hard for them to take off

[Onlyme]

Well said. We waste so much in general. But to give more to our fellow little creatures that live outdoors would not cost much at all. Nicely said.

[Wild Rose]

Ma in law lived with us (80+) she used to do odd jobs (wash up, ironing, preparing veg
One day she was quiet - What are yo doing
" I have thrown some crumbs out - I am just watching the birds
The garden is enclosed and we have made it difficult for cats to get in and even more difficult for them to get back out

[Onlyme]

Aw........

[Wild Rose]

Dont think we made her work - She said it kept het busy and mobile

[Onlyme]

Course I never. :) My mother in law was exactly the same. She never sat down always on the go up until her death recently. You told her to rest etc. But she never did.