Bird Eat Bird World Poem by Kim Barney

A pathetic scene you have nicely envisioned.Your photo attached to it reacts the eyes and mind. Many thanks dear Barney.

I love birds, but this shatters me. But is it really surprising? This is nature at its most perplexing. The killer bird was probably hungry, so he took himself a meal. Out of necessity, it's almost forgivable. But man kills man for insane reasons, and most of the time, not out of necessity.In my own backyard, I have seen small birds fall prey to hawks, so it is not unusual. I do like your poem, Kim, and the photo fits perfectly.

Wow...with the photo...the poem becomes both light and dark. It is mix of gothic and grotesque...Just excellent...A 10! Chien mange chien indeed.

Wow, the poem and the photo together bring home to a person. Very poignant and well written.

i see i have a typo in my 2nd comment below (the one from 2016) . oh well, i'm not ALWAYS perfect. just most of the time! i enjoyed this once again. thanks. to MyPoemList if it 'ain't' there already. bri :)

If not physically, mentally and monetarily, man also eats man.

Just today, my husband came in and said a hawk had killed another of our doves. That's the second one in about 2 days. The heads of both doves were torn off. Yes, what a bird-eat-bird world. You poem sums it all up very succinctly. Good job.

This looks like a 'crow's saw in Berlin. Bri

A picture is worth a thousand words. We do live in a bird eat bird world. You have changed the landscape of our expression with this real poem!