Lamentation
Kill for pleasure
kill for hate
kill to merely eradicate
It’s been done before
and will happen again
the sword proves mightier
than the pen
Powered by myth
fueled by fear
reason alone will not prevail here
No safety it seems
for those who bear
the ancient burden of slanderous fare
Fairy stories the old wives tell
drive regulation
in Western hell
What a red tongue you have, Grandma!
This wolf and his white mate were a few feet away when we first saw them. They could have ripped us limb from limb had they wanted to. But they demonstrated only curiosity and some concern – we were two of the first humans to intrude on their territory – probably close to a den – after a long winter.
This was not taken with a telephoto lense. This fellow was on his way to a dead elk and stopped to take a look. There was no threat in his eyes – simply curiosity.
Wolf hunters are the only hunters who hate what they kill.
Can this be permitted?
Do our survival instincts require us to find an enemy?
praying for mitigation, softening, protection
Sweet Planet Poems 
Zum – thank you! I followed the link to a devastatingly awesome poem! Knocks me over!
Very passionate poem! (You might enjoy http://zumpoems.com/2011/07/25/better-than/ — sort of a animal-rights poem — from the voice of the mal-adjusted perpetrator.)
Dear Pen, Still in Yellowstone – actually Grand Tetons now, where computers and cell phones still rule. Boy, did I have a sighting! I can’t wait to edit the video. Yellowstone inspires many poems, too. Thank you for asking – thinking of you and hoping all is well. Best to you – Monica
Hi Monica I notice you were off to visit Yellowstone, are you now returned?.. and were you lucky enough to get a sighting at all? …. Hope you and yours are well my friend. xPenx
Hi Sandy – Thanks! Off to Yellowstone next week. Can I hope for a sighting?
Well said, Monica.
Great shots of the wolf, too.
I do, too, Pen. I listened to a fellow in Yellowstone talk about how wolves kill for pleasure – all the lambs in a fold, for example. I wonder, do wolves have the time and energy for this? No – only people do.
to so many ills – yes, Bluebee. Why the fear? Perhaps a combination of the understandable desire to protect home, family, domestic animals, perceived loss of livelihood, hating to be dictated to by the federal government… I’m trying not to diminish real needs. If only those needs could be met in some other way. But people would have to talk to each other for that to happen. And of course wolves represent the truly untameable.
Thanks for this lovely wish, Laz – I do, too
So true, Monica, man is the only hated/hating/hateful hunter, who takes lives for sport or with any excuse that’s handed to him on a plate by those who should know better. We will never learn and I hang my head in sorrow and shame. xPenx
A very clever poem, Monica – fear and fairy stories and an absence of reason and rational thought leads to many of the world’s ills – why do the hunters fear the wolves so?
I want to be a Wolf, and guard the pack
All the Best my friend,
Peace,
Laz
ja, Klaus, in freier Wildbahn könnte man die Wölfe beobachten – mit vieles Glück – aber jetzt – dass die Dreharbeiten hat begonnen, ist viel weniger wahrscheinlich, und ich kann für es nicht mehr wünschen
Dear Androgoth, You said I would someday see a wolf at the end of our mountain cabin road. I keep looking out the window for something, but have less hope now.
Hallo einen schönen Abend noch,habe da eine Frage,die Wölfe kann man die beobachten in freier Wildbahn,es ist einfach toll solche Tiere zu bebachten das muss sehr schön sein.Danke auch für die anderen schönen Bilder.Viele Grüsse Klaus
You are right my great friend, these Wolves are hunted through the hatred of man, luckily not all of share those feelings but for those that do then they should be ashamed of themselves for hunting down such a majestic and wondrously fine animal… The world has gone quite mad
Androgoth XXx