The Fable of the Lion & the Scorpion

Title

en_US The Fable of the Lion & the Scorpion

Description

en_US 1000 copies published

en_US Diane Wakoski

Creator

en_US Wakoski, Diane See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Montag, Tom

Date

2016-01-25T19:01:58Z

en_US 2001-08

en_US 1975

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:01:58Z

Date Issued

en_US 1975

Abstract

en_US Physically, this is an 8½ x 10½ sheet of stiff paper folded and stapled around two regular sheets of the same size. Wakoski's fable builds off a typical enough fable that she quotes. A scorpion asks a frog for a ride across the pond and promises that he will not sting the frog. He does sting him in fact in the middle of the pond and to the frog's outraged cry You promised! answers only I know, but it is my nature to sting. I couldn't help it. Her fable brings new elements to the story: a female and a male lion, the poetry of a California poet named Diane Wakoski, and a coyote. Everyone in the story who reads the poetry falls in love with the poet. The lady lion has to kill the scorpion and watch the coyote also fall in love with the poet. The moral: If you are a lion and want the love of other lions, rather than scorpions or coyotes, don't write poetry. The lady poet, of course, is loved by everyone, but married to none. This sort of unusual item belongs in this collection, but probably not at the price I paid for it.

Identifier

en_US 091531620X (signed)

en_US 3937 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79277

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Pentagram Press

en_US Milwaukee, WI

Subject

en_US PS3573.A42 F3 1975 See all items with this value

en_US Diane Wakoski See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole