Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Dingo

 the dingo dogs

 sit together
 teeth bared

 pretending they are leaping tigers

 watch for an opportunity
 to strike the lone monk
 meditating in the paddock


 learned in the art of cowardice

 they hunt in packs
 only attack the unprotected
 even babes in swaddling clothes



 Sundays Whirligig #211


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THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "White Dog" by Australian poet Susan Hampton: meditation, sit, tigers, together, monk, cowardice, protects, paddock, learn, dog, leaping, watch 

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6 comments:

  1. Susie ClevengerApril 30, 2019 at 3:35 PM

    Sadly, I know some humans like those dingo

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  2. Rosemary Nissen-WadeApril 30, 2019 at 4:51 PM

    Hey, how lovely to meet someone else who possesses and treasures 'White Dog'.

    And yes to the poem. (I was one who always believed the dingo did it.)

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  3. MargaretMay 2, 2019 at 3:20 PM

    ...chilling (but they are sinisterly beautiful

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  4. rallentandaMay 3, 2019 at 12:12 AM

    Calling someone a dingo is a derogatory term here for a bully or coward.These animals never act alone. I agree that both the dingo and the human equivalent are chilling but the latter could never be described as beautiful, sinister maybe.

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  5. The BizzaMay 9, 2019 at 9:58 PM

    Sadly,this is so real.

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