The Vampire Bride - by
“I am come—I am come! once again from the tomb,
In return for the ring which you gave;
That I am thine, and that thou art mine,
This nuptial pledge receive.”
preditors
Hyena - by
I am waiting for you.
/ I have been travelling all morning through the bush
/ and not eaten.
/ I am lying at the edge…
Flying-Fox - by
More rat than bird,
/ more superstition than fox,
/ you hang from that banyan
/ branch like a deflated black
/ umbrella and, when you flap
/ through the…
The Spider’s Legend of Robert the Bruce - by
Ah got scunnert tryin’ tae spin
/ a web for denner,
/ the stane wis a’ slaisterie,
/ ah couldnae get a grip,
/ ah wis hauf stairved…
from The Cock and the Fox - by
Thocht brutall beistis be irrationall –
/ That is to say, wantand discretioun –
/ Yet ilk ane in thair kynd naturall
/ Hes mony divers…