Hi there WebWitch! I thought I saw you on the newsfeed, though you claim that, 'You're not really here'! Anyway I suppose it's part of the GoT fun that I stop by for another visit!

Wow, somehow I navigated to this wondrous poem! I'm glad that I did because it really gave me the feeling that I had a glimpse into the mind of a mother wolf. You wrote this one well, so I hope you did great in the contest it was entered in.

I wondered if the poem was about the actual animal, or the instincts of an inner animal, which the title implies. Either way, I felt a brilliant mystery.

From the first stanza, your readers will understand the strength, both inner and physical, of the Mother Wolf. We read that she can be fierce when needed, but she still knows to respect the elder wolves.

The tales of wolves always involved a showing that these beasts are wise, graceful, and spectacular. Their senses are super keen, and I believe you succeeded in expressing that in your various stanzas. You mentioned in your second stanza that they can sense things with no need to look! How extraordinary is that! In your third stanza, I felt that this poem was drifting more about the narrator feeling like the wolf, with the spirit floating. The energy seemed boundless.

My favorite stanza was the second to last. It spoke about the keen hearing of the wolf. "Nothing's undetected from me/Even the shallowest breath". To me, that just seems so remarkable that animals can do that. I recently read that deer can sleep with ease because they can smell things and hear things that wakes them right up. I had the feeling that's what this stanza was expressing.

The last stanza was a great closure, in my opinion. It brought my attention back to the topic of the contest prompt that asks, "What kind of animal are you?" The poem ends with the narration about being thankful for having the wolf as a guide. Very pretty poem.

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