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Birds and humans threaten bird life across land and sea
A poem sequence laments men women and boys who kill birds for sport and fashion. The piece contrasts cruelty with nature showing the looming loss of bird life and warns of a future with none to sing. It references Mary Drummond in Oakfield Eagle and James Buckham’s New Inspiration noting birds as moral and ecological victims.
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Mary Drummond
Oakfield
Rosenstein
Geoffrey
Ms. Galvin
Tommy Larkin
Tommy
South Africa
Cape Colony
Paris
London
New York
Boston Globe
Menagerie Farm
Columbus
Hugh E. Jones
Menagerie
Mr. Jones
Dom Paul
Carle
Lockbourne
Jones
Alexandria
Egypt
Holy Land
America
Ohio
New York Tribune
Mme
Schumann Heink
Japan
Llandyssnl
South Wales
House of Representatives
House of Peers
Newfoundland
England
South Pole
Pole
Creek
Col
First Christian Church