Elephant mother
Elephants communicate with a very deep note which can travel through the ground. After she gives birth, an elephant mother sings a low note of greeting to her baby.
Illustration © Liz Brownlee
First published in ‘Shouting at the Ocean’ Hands Up Press 2009
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Love this!:)
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Thank you! I couldn’t find your blog, WordPress says you have deleted it…
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I just checked, my blog is there for me to see at least now.:) I just have to say again, love this post…love the image and poem.
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I love it too. I’d no idea elephant mothers greeted their babies with a low hum. And what a beautiful picture.
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I’m thrilled that this will appear in my next anthology – A Time to Speak (and a Time to Listen) due out in January 2013. I love this poem. And elephants. x
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Thank you Celia! i didn’t know, or had forgotten that! Would you rather I took it down, I don’t mind at all!
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No, of course not. In any case, the copyright remains with you. I’m just proud that it’ll be in the Schofield and Sims book when it arrives. x
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Not as proud as me!
I’m still admiring the RSPB anthology of Wildlife Poems you edited, I can’t believe how beautiful it is.
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You should be Liz Brownlee, poet and illustrator, you know – the two add to each other.
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Beautiful poem, Liz, and I love that every one comes with a snippet of information.
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Elephants amaze me (as does your illustration) – they have such capacity for empathy. They touch my heart.
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Hello Pish posh, I have enjoyed your blog, and had no idea you enjoyed mine too, as all your comments are in my spam! thank you!
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