Comment from Pearl Edwards

Excellent

I agree you have to wonder what they get out of killing. Well done with both your author's notes and your poem Craig, your passion comes through in both.
cheers,
valda

 Comment Written 08-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 08-Jul-2018

Thanks very much, Valda. Most grateful for your thoughtful and understanding comments. Craig

Comment from Ulla

Excellent

Hi there, yet again a poem about an unusual word, and unusual it is. I liked the acrostic you've dedicated to it. It is very descriptive. I really liked the feel of your poem. All the best. Ulla:))

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Thanks very much for the kind words, Ulla. Much appreciated - Craig

Comment from Pamusart

Excellent

Hi Craig. I sort of knew what the word went. But I could not agree more with your conclusions. I'm many places in Africa where rangers prepared to shoot and kill poachers. They follow the endangered rhinos around everywhere to dissuade poaching. Maybe only in the parks. Well done. Thank you for sharing

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Thanks very much for the supportive comments, Pam. At least one species of "endangered" rhino is now extinct, so I think we need to lift our game. That isn't mean to be an insult to the inadequate number of dedicated people who are doing their best. Cheers, Craig

Comment from Mustang Patty

Excellent

Hi, Craig,

Thank you for sharing the story of the poachers eaten by the lions. I have to agree with you - there really isn't any logical reason for the trophy hunter. How can someone need to have the pelt or teeth of a beautiful animal?

Your poem was well-structured and made good use of the word of the day.

~patty~

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

How can someone have a need to kill for "fun"? Thanks very much, Patty.

Comment from Artasylum

Excellent

I can't stand looking at this picture... It literally makes me sick. When will man understand that trophies such as this dispicible being has so pridefully killed to sere his ego. thanks. so much. yours, diana

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Thanks very much, Diana. To describe such a person as "worthless" is to not go anywhere near far enough. Most appreciated - Craig

Comment from dragonpoet

Excellent

This could be true of most criminals. They think themselves above everything and then get taken down. After awhile they are forgotten. The only person this doesn't work for is the abuser in the mind of the abused.

Keep writing

Joan

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Thanks very much, Joan. Much appreciated - Craig

reply by dragonpoet on 07-Jul-2018

You are so kindly welcome, Craig.

Joan

Comment from Dawn Munro

Excellent

I am so terribly afraid that I am wrong to feel as I do about trophy hunters, but I hate them too, almost as much as I hate gang-bangers whose ridiculous wars hurt innocent victims, like the little one caught by a stray bullet when he was sitting in his own living room watching television...

Excellent, Craig - truly evocative poem. Masterful use of the acrostic form!

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

One of the things I like about not being of certain ideological persuasions is, if someone is truly deserving of my hatred, I can give it to them in spades, and not feel the slightest bit guilty. That is not to say I condone violence, because that would make me no better than them. Still, I can cheer from the sidelines as they get torn to pieces, and rejoice in the fact that the world is that little bit safer, and there is just that much more oxygen for innocents to breathe :) Many thanks for sharing your thoughts, Dawn.

Comment from Bill Schott

Excellent

This acrostic poem, IMMEMORIALNESS, set up in fourteen-syllable sonnet-esque format, certainly puts to verse your notes that reflect on the poachers' fates. Karma is lion eating you.

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Absolutely, Bill. Thanks for reviewing - Craig

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written acrostic poem about the senseless killing of animals for trophies for the hunter. Your author notes tell about how nature is starting to fight back against these heartless hunters.

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Thanks so much, Sandra. Yes, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if nature could fight back? Cheers, Craig

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

Good job in clearly conveying your message with such a long word for an acrostic poem! Yes, it's such a sad thing that people would spend so much money to go trophy hunting when they could do the world so much good and help preserve life instead.

 Comment Written 06-Jul-2018

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reply by the author on 06-Jul-2018

Personally, I think it's a sad thing they're wasting good oxygen by breathing. Thanks for the kind words, Helen. Craig