John Anderson Poet Tanka

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“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.” - Winston Churchill 

“The bird war, the bird attack—call it what you like. They’re amassing out there someplace and they’ll be back.” - Panic-stricken line from Hitchcock’s 1963 film 'The Birds' - turning ordinary fliers into combatants. 

“My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity... All a poet can do today is warn.” - Wilfred Owen, preface to his war poems

“The larks, still bravely singing, fly / Scarce heard amid the guns below.” - John McCrae, In Flanders Fields

"Drones are transforming modern warfare, today and forever more - the mores the pity" - Poet quoting the drone of war news.

The drone of birds in war offensive

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The drone of birds in war offensive
hear the drone of war
pity the birds, amassing
way out there someplace,
they'll be back in droves to drone
the piteous drum of war

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