eleanor jones
over fields of grazing horses,
mechanical birds buzz.
horses lift their heads to sense
signals for flight or fight.
every day whirling birds hover close,
searching for some things, some bodies.
equines accept war-bird ways as
less ominous than windblown plastic bags.
horses lower their heads to graze.
War’s Innocents
Equestrian Eleanor Jones is a Maryland resident and public relations executive. As a new creative writer, her evocative poems and memoirs have been recognized internationally. Eleanor's nonfiction articles have appeared in the Afro-American, Essence, People and the Washington Post.