matriarch Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/matriarch/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 matriarch Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/matriarch/ 32 32 135387410 Relevant Elephant https://elephantsnever.com/relevant-elephant/ https://elephantsnever.com/relevant-elephant/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:30:34 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2156 by Pax Morrigan Picture yourself on a steppe cast in starlight withElephants gathering round the bone pitSaying goodbye to old matriarch Amba whoLed them courageously, brimming with grit Time repossesses her pachyderm carapaceTaking the ele and letting the phantOut of the bag to rove omnidirectionalHaunting all continents, ghost gallivant Waltzing through air on a jumbo safari sheArdently travels on slipstreams Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/relevant-elephant/feed/ 0 2156 Herds https://elephantsnever.com/herds/ https://elephantsnever.com/herds/#respond Sun, 12 May 2019 05:49:09 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1625 by Anita Goveas I’ve always wanted a trunk. Hands are useful, but wonky lungs mean more time bumside-down means itches in hard-to-reach places. I saw Asian elephants at Chester zoo, Aunty Devika drove us from Stockport in her Mini Cooper. They liked to roll around in the mud, I could see that. But it turned into a two-inhaler day, so Read More

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