Lion 13 - My Gap Year
Lion 13:
Vermillion.
Artist behind the lion:
Polly Law Yuk Kwan (Hong Kong designer, visual artist).
Adoptive Writer:
Apprentice at My Gap Year.
Blog Description:
Apprentice, who lives in Britain, produces warm and inspiring work on a regular basis. She writes her own poems and highlights the work of others. The site is also kept vibrant with stunning photographs. This 51-year-old also has another blog called Cancer Chronicles, which contains a series of haiku poems that tell the story of her experience of having breast cancer. The collection has now been published. The strong writing on this blog will ensure its popularity.
Poem or piece of prose inspired by the lion:
a ridged roof of terracotta tiles
till lightening struck and he leapt down
to pad past pagodas, tip-toe through the tea
house and out through the moongate - off to seek a soulmate
in far away lands still red in tooth and claw
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4 comments:
I like the ambiguity of the final line--the contrast between the civilized lands he comes from and the places 'still red in tooth and claw' where he hopes to find his mate.
What will happen to Vermilion? I like the imagery of where this lions prowls. A lovely poem Apprentice.
Thank you both. Don't worry he'll be fine. He spotted a few hyenas and had a laugh with the, and chewed the fat with a leopard.
He's a bit of a loner still, but hoping who knows who he might spy down at the watering hole tonight
Oh, I do like this poem, Apprentice - brilliant imagery!
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