Animal Poetry by James Larkin
By James Larkin
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An unusual poetry book because as well as animal poetry written by the author it includes his comments on animal welfare and cruelty and environmental matters.It reveals some startling facts related to animals and food.
James Larkin
James Larkin has been a newspaper journalist and PR consultant for six decades. He has experience in Britain, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. He was born in 1938 in Liverpool, England and attended the Royal Grammar School, Colchester. He later was a law student at Grays Inn, London, before joining the Royal Air Force in 1957 in which he served in the Middle East (Iraq and Oman) and Singapore and Malaya (Malayan Emergency). He saw active service in the Oman Rebellion 1957, was on the last plane out at the Iraq Revolution 1958 and served in the Malay Emergency jungle war. He speaks basic Malay and French and smatterings of other languages. He is now living in Australia with his wife Saisunnee and twin sons James and Anthony. He is an active animal welfare supporter, vegetarian and envirionmentalist. His blog is http://pet-patter.blogspot.com and he is on Facebook and Twitter
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Animal Poetry by James Larkin - James Larkin
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If there were no birds to sing
or swans to fly
No horse’s neigh
or squirrel chatter
I think that I would rather die
For living would not really matter
Love
Love from animals is so great
Why then do men serve them so cruel?
Man harms all in his blinded state.
Losing love he’s thus the fool.
When
When you sit and eat your steak
Think about the life you take.
You didn’t kill him
Yes, I know
But you’re the one that made it so
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The world has never seen such cruelty and slaughter. It’s estimated we slaughter some 60 Billion farm animals a year - and that’s not counting deaths caused by planet pollution, climate change, hunting and fishing
Whole species are disappearing and becoming extinct. The meat industry, hunters with the urge to kill and poachers after money profit are wiping out fellow life at an alarming rate.
Then there is the matter of serious worldwide water wastage and major pollution caused