tundra wolf alone has survived vicious winter <br />alone without pack without companionship <br />has survived all challenges imposed in winter <br /> <br />fur very long dense fluffy soft survival postures <br />top hairs 150-160 mm guard hairs 80-150 mm <br />underfur 70 mm layers survival light grey colour <br /> <br />lower fur lead-grey upper fur reddish-grey ensures <br />wind composite layers in tundra wolf running <br />ranging over Arctic rim hunting prey life ensures <br /> <br />wild domestic reindeer snow sheep hares arctic foxes <br />feed power tundra muscles for long ranges running <br />make birth den in river valleys thickets in dry plateaus <br /> <br />rarely will tundra wolf make form permanent home territories <br />winter coast malting hangs on lone male wolf rough proud <br />looping across tundra landscape seeking reindeer migrations <br /> <br />days past not eating moving moving seeking prey life kills <br />searching herds scouting out weakness in migration herds <br />run lone wolf run forty minutes 30 mph hunting weakness <br /> <br />run with hope run with life joy smile in wild range spirit <br />no reindeer slow injured fall to paws gripping claws <br />race hunt abandoned lone wolf joy cools in pool ice waters <br /> <br />it is good to run it is good to be healthy flex strong muscles <br />season begs movement 200 300km ranging stamina wilderness runs <br />to hunt to live to breathe life tundra air hunting wild distances <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tundra-wolf-eats-wild-joy-life-survival/
