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A member of the ‘Old Guard’ of Croatian SF writers and SFERA Award winner, Živko Prodanović is a most prolific author of science fiction short stories and novel. Besides his occasional strolls into mainstream prose, he also writes poetry. He was also one of robo-winners on the Australian robot poetry competition that was organised last autumn byPort Philip LibraryService from St. Kild and Cordite Poetry Review from Melbourne.

Živko Prodanović

ROBOTS IN WAR – SIX SITUATIONS

1.
military band roaring
robots going to the war
not versed in why

2.
in mankind war
very sorrowful robots
marching to the victory

3.
a hiting robot;
his head is spinning,
he foresees a medal

4.
military cemetery;
on the robot’s part
no flowers

5.
Noah’s Arka
– robots entering
two by two

6.
the last robot
silently strolling,
no man anywhere

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