An award-winning novelist, short story writer, and poet, Steven L. Peck is unusual in that he is also a working scientist who has published dozens of papers in evolutionary ecology and the philosophy of science. His worldwide studies of ecologies have given him a keen understanding of the dangers and troubles we face as a species and as individually embodied beings. He recently began to formally study soundscapes, especially the songs of our avian friends. His poetry reflects on his observations as he explores the wonders of this planet and our place in a complex world.