A journal of art + literature engaging with nature, culture, the environment & ecology

Poached

Julie A. Dickson, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

 

An elephant calf stood whining by the still body,

de-tusked, maimed face unrecognizable,

distant hum of the chainsaw would not deter

her perseverance, hope un-dissuaded, trunk

caressing, trying to rouse sleeping mother;

pushing against her empty breasts, as much for

comfort as to quiet her aching belly.

 

Julie A. Dickson is a poet, lover of books, feral cats and advocate for captive elephants. Her books, A World without IvoryBullied into Silence and others are on Amazon. Dickson's poems appear in Ekphrastic Review, Misfit, Sledgehammer, etc. A Pushcart nominee, coordinator of 100 Thousand Poets for Change, she has also served on two poetry boards.

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