No One With Whom You Can Sing

Great blue herons nest

and raise their babies near

the Ivanhoe Reservoir.

Silver Lake environmentalist Hugh Kenny submitted this poignant story by Derrick Jensen, American author of 20+ books who, according to Democracy Now!, is called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. The story, excerpted from Jensen’s book Monsters, brought tears. We hope you will read it and think about the creatures who are losing their habitats to tree destruction and development of wild spaces.

Read the full story here.