Wolf Shadow
They say my great-grandmother
The witch Sultana Urošević
Had a she-wolf’s shadow
By moonlight she never
Went out of doors
So no one should tread on her shadow
Take her secret powers
And kill her on the spot
They say
It’s from great-grandmother I have
These eyes and this tongue
I don’t know about the wolf shadow
By moonlight always
And often by sunlight
I walk backwards
Just in case
About this poem
This poem, representing Serbia, is part of The Written World – our collaboration with BBC radio to broadcast a poem from every single nation competing in London 2012.
Learning Resources
SQA Key: National 5 Higher
Wolves: The Written World
Classroom resource (S1-S3) using two poems from Croatia and Serbia about wolves.
