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Predator Killing Derby
“wolf distress calls” in
Idaho
slow moon, her howl loops in light
silhouettes a penumbra of gray
fur pressed to snow
wolves whelp (whittled)
wild (wreckage)
winter (without)
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her tracks paint
shallow canyon walls and
I wait beside time
eerie aid of howl
endangered to slaughtered
an echo of history
WILD MARGIN
MARRED WILDERNESS
(wolf massacre)
lifeless wolf
dangling from the plane
silence
forever like the moon
I dream of wolf —
only to wake
Morning light on glitter snow
my den is warm
pups steam
against inkblot trees
we hide here
cavern of solitude, breathing
like marks on a page
pressed into each
story of survival
sustenance an entity
recoiled, pouncing
shrieks & howls to startle stiff
community
a toothy snatchy
sharing
It is by relation to
other that we know
ourselves. Who are
we without wolf?
Eye of firelight
searing the night. Trace
scent. Calloused pads
cushion the pawprint. Trace
that tender place where
fur meets lip -
LOUD HOWL
heard across state lines
reprieve from the ordinary
“Paws Sprout Rollerskates
Wolf Surprised by
Inexplicable Coordination”
wolf flow
around a circle -
the summer dance
potayto, potahto
extinction, extanction
wolf, wilf, walf
potatoes are big in Idaho
seems wolves are not
Newly issued license
shoot the -
potato!
ears ringing
life-less eyes
nonsense
What the fuck is wrong with people?
eating hash browns in Ned one morning
the whole diner singing
Werewolves of London
Little Red Riding Hood
her grandmother, a wolf
rushing through trees
gyrating nose shaped like
What is wilderness
without the wild?
“erness” =
Meaningless
All of it -
moon, stars, goldfish
meaningless if we never notice
this chain of life
I wonder how rabbits feel
about wolves?
I wonder how wolves feel
about rabbits? Do they know
they flow backwards?
Sick of scrying
are they
terrified tonight.
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Renga Contributors:
David Amdur
Allison Baker
Bianca Becker
Gabrielle Berghammer
Denise (Bo) Boehler
Travis Bowman
Ania Chapska
Jack Collom
Dani
Suzanne DuLany
Tyler Gill
RJ Ingram
Anthony LiMuti, Jr.
Michael Madura
Lindsay Michko
Gabrielle Obiya
Jennifer Phelps
Janna Plant
Derek Pyle
Bradley Sands
Theresa Stefaniak
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