Animal Poetry by James Larkin

By James Larkin

It is a bit different to normal poetry books because as well as a selection of charming short poems the book includes comment by the author on animal welfare and cruelty and environmental protection. He reveals shocking cases of everyday cruelty in farming and industrialised meat production.A staunch animal welfare supporter on Twitter , Facebook and his blog, Larkin calls for more compassion, empathy and understanding of our fellow beings and all other life . He claims that as sentient being animals have the same feelings as humans of pain and fear, love and joy - even humour. His book is aimed at increasing awareness and compassion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Larkin
• Release date: Mar 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370284283

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

Book preview

IF

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