Time is the deepest wilderness in which we wander.

- Christopher Cokinos

I read, for the first time, of the Carolina Parakeet-a North American parakeet whose green, yellow and reddish-orange plumage appeared vivacious and …

- Christopher Cokinos

Curiosity began my journey, which led to regret, which brings me always to wonder and dedication.

- Christopher Cokinos

Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct.

- Christopher Cokinos

This is the planet teeming, this place we’ve come to and will leave tomorrow, deepened for the long return but not the wedded reach, the losing touch…

- Christopher Cokinos

That I had never heard of such a bird did not surprise me.... But others more experienced also did not know of the Carolina Parakeet. The more I spok…

- Christopher Cokinos