I wrote my poem The Fox’s Mirth, inspired by the photo prompt for Melissa’s Flash Fiction Challenge #259.
The Fox’s Mirth
The fox laughed.
He’d heard it all before.
England banned the blood sport.
The fox was free to live a happy life,
No fear.
No strife,
No more redcoats a-hunting in bloody chase,
Across England’s green and pleasant lands.
No more trumpeting horns nor clap of hands,
Along country courses,
On their horses.
Never again the exhort of bloodhounds on his trail.
No more in chase of his orange russet rusty bounds glinting in the sun.
No more cutting off his tail,
Nor, smearing of the brush across their face, and bloodied, bloated brow.
Haha.
The fox laughed.
He’d heard it all before.
~
Lesley Scoble, March 2024
Sterling 925 silver fox jewellery
I love foxes and sometimes make foxy jewellery pieces.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you, Melissa, for your laughing Vulpes vulpes #FFFC Prompt.
Photo credit: Peter Lloyd on Unsplash
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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