LIT LITERATOR JOURNAL OF LITERARY CRITICISM, COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY STUDIES 0258-2279 2219-8237 AOSIS OpenJournals LIT-36-1132 10.4102/lit.v36i1.1132 Litera Wild rights: A tribute to wolves Maritz Patricia G. 1 Department of Philosophy, University of Zululand, South Africa Email: patricia.maritz@gmail.com Postal address: Private Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa

How to cite this article: Maritz, P., 2015, ‘Wild rights: A tribute to wolves’, Literator 36(1), Art. #1132, 1 page. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/lit.v36i1.1132

 16 04 2015 2015 36 1 1 1 © 2015. The Authors 2015 AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Strange and strong pulses the wild heart A voice to the moon powerful, reverberating, silver then thin, her frost spangled face white, grey, soft… fey, she waits… paws quilted… lifted With eyes like ice-she gazes through her reflection into the blackening water, tracking a trout she slips down a drift in a spine-twisting pirouette, splintering icicles scatter, disarming the night the rhythm of a fresh fall At the furthest border of a campfire the briery pelt, tail… white tipped and turbulent, rime flecked face, her gaze-absorbed, rapt … responsive

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