
The Rajahs elephant by Edwin Lord Weeks
even captured beast
find the most precious treasure
in ivory tusks
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Linked to Carpe Diem
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October 7, 2013

The Rajahs elephant by Edwin Lord Weeks
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis
Thanks for this prompt ~ sad what humans do to animals and even sadder what human inflict on humans ~ Happy week to you ~ ^_^
really is sad what the animals in our world endure
and thank you for the prompt
Well written take on your own prompt.
Poaching is one of those unfathomable crimes. I wrote about it too.
Those poor animals! Nice prompt, Bjorn!
def sad when you think of all those slaughtered for those ivory tusks…..
Beasts and tusks just seem to go together.
Ivory Hunter
Sad reflection…
Very well done!
Tusks are majestic. Well-crafted haiku.
Someday we will, I hope, treasure other things…
Eluding Ivory Poachers
history on this planet
one cruel chapter after another
JzB
Thanks for providing this thoughtful prompt, and your lovely haiku.