Hurt Hawks Themes
Man and the Natural World
Take the Man out of Mankind, and what are you left with? If you asked Robinson Jeffers, he would have said that Man is much too full of himself, to the point where he can't even see or appreciate n...
Spirituality
With all that hippy "One World One Love" stuff still decades on the horizon, Jeffers made this declaration: "the expression of a religious feeling, that perhaps must be called pantheism, though I h...
Suffering
The title waves the suffering flag. These hawks are hurt, and that's all we need to know. But what's really impressive here is how these wild animals, inflicted with a mortal injury, keep their spi...
Freedom and Confinement
A hawk is pretty much the poster child for freedom. Oh, to be able to soar high above mere earthlings, effortlessly shifting direction with a flick of your flighty feathers. After knowing that kind...