The Lion is Me, a reading

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The Lion is Me

A Reading

The Lion Is Me is published in Strays and available at the link below or through your local bookstores and libraries.

Strays is a collection of two extended narratives and more than forty love-themed poems, exploring the meaning of romantic love while we have it and attempting to find the healing after its loss. Found within these pages is the short story Gutter Dog, the novelette Ginni, and the poems False Skin, the Boy Who Wore Clothes, and the Black-Wit Reveller.

Author's Note

Reviews

[SteveB]

Desperation, terror, hope, and regret and a lover's longing for reunification all linked together. I really liked the "lion is me, the roar is all yours" as it leaves the matter up for interpretation - is the lion's roar at the service of the other or has the lion already surrendered her roar?

[Pryde Foltz]

Very insightful review, Steve.

[Seth Durham]

I listened to the audio you provided on youtube. I can't say that I fully understand the poem, but I did enjoy the passion in your voice as you read it.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thanks so much for both the read and the listen. I appreciate the support.

[Tomahawk Joe]

I like this one a rollercoaster ride. One minute a gentle whisper the next a booming roar.

[Pryde Foltz]

Just like life, lol. Thanks for your time and words.

[Pete Langley]

I have to admit this is confusing for me, Pryde. I think you are projecting your view of the painting and how you relate to it, but I can`t decide if the lion is in the painting or you, the lion, is begging a response. In any case, the images are bright. P.

[Pryde Foltz]

Pete, you are not confused in the least. Your spot on. It is a surreal piece, and so there is always a little left open-ended. But you ask the right questions. And also written with a specific audience in mind and hopefully there would be no confusion for them.

[The_Fox]

beautiful, poetic. Dark and majestic. Oh its just too good to even come up with words to describe. Again, well done.

[Pryde Foltz]

I think you came up with some lovely words to make me feel good. I am so glad you liked it.

[Tobias Ruperto]

The imagery is captivating in this. It's ominous yet beautiful.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thanks for the read and your lovely words, Tobias.

[Brook]

Such a beautiful write!
I wish i could write like you :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, thank you.

[annie lee]

This is an impressive write. I am still digesting it. I think I sense urgency in the words, and there is some anger too. Do I feel the ties between wondrous earth, its creatures and humans being eaten away on the human end? By carbolic acid, no doubt. A plea, perhaps, to be more somber and respectful of endangered beauties and Earth itself. And be culpable. Harness your unused power to reality and let the lion roar.

[Pryde Foltz]

The thing about trying to write from a place of truth is that all sorts of other truths rise to the surface along with your own. There is anger but not mine, I think. On my end, there is desperation, but mostly, I hope, there is love. In the end, this a piece inspired by connecting with another's work, and so there is all sorts of meaning that is not mine. Lovely review as always.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i wish we could rediscover the land...wish we could roar again...but seems like all we do now is slight meow...and nature just keeps getting eaten up like a bird by the cat.

jacob

[Pryde Foltz]

Yes, being inspired by the totems these days.

[Rita L. Sev]

the lion is me
the roar all yours

I like your imagery here; the piece flows like the elements themselves.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Rita. The piece was inspired by the forces of nature and so I guess that makes sense. Th