Eguria

  J. P. CLARK: ‘NIGHT RAIN’                                                 What time of night it is         I do not know         Except that like some fish         Doped out of the deep                                     5           I have bobbed up belly-wise                                             ...

Traditional: ‘Salute to the Elephant’ O elephant, possessor of a savings-basket full of money. O elephant, huge as a hill. Even in a crouching posture. O elephant, enfolded by honor: demon, flapping fans of war A demon who snaps tree branches into many pieces and moves on to the forest farm.             5           O elephant, who ignores ‘I have fled to my father for refuge’                         Let alone ‘to my mother’                         Mountainous Animal, Huge Beast who tears a man like a garment                       ...