{"id":575,"date":"2012-01-24T23:12:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T04:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mfashortridgeproject\/?p=575"},"modified":"2014-08-04T18:19:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:19:08","slug":"hungry-like-the-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/hungry-like-the-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had another outstanding Exclusive Ink session this afternoon, with our Shortridge students capturing animals with their words, as Ted Hughes does in his poem “The Thought Fox.” Beyond simply being mined for Money Lines, several of the poems screamed to be shared in their entirety as fantastic examples of the creative capabilities of the teenagers we’ve been working with.<\/p>\n

The first is a prose poem about a wolf from one of our sophomores. Note: These eloquent and provocative turns of phrase are all his, without any intrusion from our tutors.<\/p>\n

Demented creature, mind marks it in-depth with death. The innocent face engulfed in the canary eyes that leave an imprint in the darkness. Silence, then a barrage of growls preceding the departure of the departed. A forest radiating scarlet. A flash, then farewell pawprints in vision before being swept from the scene that never had dialogue, but demonstrated the circle of life. Violence, this hunter thought, can\u2019t be compared to the shiniest trident. A thirst for hunger never quenched in the river\u2019s silence. Tired of chasing meals, but finally trapped in tactics. An urge to disgorge prey, then emerge from a massacre of satisfaction.<\/p>\n

The second is from one of our newest Exclusive Ink regulars, a seventh-grader (!). It’s hard to believe this poem about a mouse was inspired by the same prompt, but that’s the kind of diversity of talent we’re blessed with.<\/p>\n

\u201cEEEEEEEEEKKK!\u201d
\nMom shrieks.
\nShe leaps through the air,
\nTen feet back.
\nHeart attack.
\n\u201cMOUSE! THERE\u2019S A MOUSE IN MY HOUSE!\u201d<\/p>\n

Little feet skitter across the floor.
\nBeady eyes look,
\nSearching for something more.
\nHarmless, it looks.
\nWell, at least to me.<\/p>\n

Little mouse,
\nCaged in the wall.
\nWhy won\u2019t you set yourself free?
\nThe air in here is suffocating.
\nThe people are lazy and boring.<\/p>\n

Yet when you come out,
\nYour eyes always
\nSearch, search, search
\nWhat are you looking for,
\nLittle mouse?<\/p>\n

Why search my humble home,
\nWhere the air is dry as a bone,
\nWhere my mom hides lurking in the shadows,
\nWhere my siblings hide poison beneath the sink?<\/p>\n

Are you lonely, little mouse?
\nAre you scouting for a humble house,
\nA place to call home,
\nWhere you no longer feel alone?
\nWhy not out in the world, little mouse?<\/p>\n

I feel so trapped in this house.
\nWalls, walls
\nClosing in.
\nSometimes I feel like giving in
\nTo the madness of being caged.<\/p>\n

Little mouse, between my mittens,
\nEscape!
\nBe fr\u2013
\nOh no,
\nYou were just eaten by a kitten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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