{"id":47221,"date":"2020-08-09T17:31:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T17:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47221"},"modified":"2020-08-09T17:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T17:37:11","slug":"47221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/08\/47221\/","title":{"rendered":"12th of August  a day when the elephants are held in our hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This date goes back  nine  years<br \/>\nWhen Patricia Sims and Micbael Clark<br \/>\nOf Canazwest pictures took it upon themselves<br \/>\nto Try to leave their mark<br \/>\nTo persuade The countries gifted<br \/>\nWith great Pachyderms in fact<br \/>\nWho Were suffering out in Asia and in Africa<br \/>\nWere Attacked<br \/>\nBy poachers and the Ivory Trade<br \/>\nThose low life villainous creed<br \/>\nLying in wait for the elephants<br \/>\nAnd wanting to succeed<\/p>\n<p>For their meat and for Their leather<br \/>\nSeemingly  poles apart<br \/>\nTrophy hunting narcissists<br \/>\nWho clearly had no heart<br \/>\nThey were fickle and uncertain<br \/>\nIllogical were they<br \/>\nContrary to reason<br \/>\nSelling  souls each day<br \/>\nIvory with a street value<br \/>\nBetter placed than gold<br \/>\nSmugglers  And black marketeers<br \/>\nAll of them seemed sold<br \/>\nRich hunters ready<br \/>\nTo Pay<br \/>\nthe price to bag a tusker<br \/>\nThose More layers of dismay<br \/>\nabsolutely fantastic souls<br \/>\nWho rumble mercilessly<br \/>\nTenable and walking tall<br \/>\nVulnerable they be<br \/>\nIn Africa<br \/>\nendangered<br \/>\nIn Asia<br \/>\nWhere we see<br \/>\nThe dissatisfied recanting<br \/>\nexactly where with a plea<br \/>\nAnd From this day forth<br \/>\nThe elephants would seek out an occasion<br \/>\nTo hope that people ponder globally<br \/>\nAnd try<br \/>\nTo be positive and thoughtful<br \/>\nSuch awareness On a high<\/p>\n<p>It took a Canadian  women<br \/>\nA film Maker to see<br \/>\nTo put her money where her heart was<br \/>\nAnd hopefully to free<br \/>\nThe ever diminishing elephants<br \/>\nTheir rumble every time<br \/>\nAs each  matriarch heads out to lead<br \/>\nShe extends her paradigm<br \/>\nShe has all<br \/>\nthe faith imaginable<br \/>\nWith nobility she leads<br \/>\nOut ahead<br \/>\nEncouraging the others<br \/>\nAnd Their  needs<\/p>\n<p>She will see,  all is furnished<br \/>\nSuch enlightenment for she<br \/>\nRetains the profound learning<br \/>\nHer emboldened literacy<br \/>\nCognitive and conscious<br \/>\nShe knows her way about<br \/>\nAuthentic and genuine<br \/>\nAnd not a hint of doubt<\/p>\n<p>Where were the gifted countries<br \/>\nTheir leaders tragically<br \/>\nJust taken for granted<br \/>\nA mistimed absurdity<br \/>\nErring and unfactual<br \/>\nPerverted in a way<br \/>\nBlundering through the habitats<br \/>\nErratic so to say<\/p>\n<p>This day to raise the anti<br \/>\nThe sagacity and thought<br \/>\nEquipped with a farsightedness<br \/>\nAn alertness that is taught<br \/>\nRetentiveness of by gone times<br \/>\nCollectively we reminisce<br \/>\nImpressions let them last a lifetime<br \/>\nRecollecting hours of bliss<\/p>\n<p>And let us warriors of the rights of wildness<br \/>\nThe pachyderms whose day this be<br \/>\nShare their forboding and their prudence<br \/>\nAnd with each discovery<br \/>\nOur resourcefulness will get us through<br \/>\nDespite the habitat\u2019s defined loss<br \/>\nThe Inane and fatuous Waffling May<br \/>\nOur time on earth and corroboration<br \/>\nSet in stone this powerful day<\/p>\n<p>Botswana Zambia and Zimbabwe<br \/>\nSuch drama of a legitimate kind<br \/>\nIs played out across the nations<br \/>\nVast tableaus it\u2019s where our mind<br \/>\nAnd strength of will must fly unprompted<br \/>\nThis the day when we may feel<br \/>\nA wondrous choice and inclination<br \/>\nTo really be the elephants voice<br \/>\nTo acquiesce and serve our sisters<br \/>\nUnasked unbidden beyond the call<br \/>\nWe must be ready with unflagging effort<br \/>\nTo pursue the hunter the stalking fool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This date goes back nine years When Patricia Sims and Micbael Clark Of Canazwest pictures took it upon themselves to Try to leave their mark To persuade The countries gifted With great Pachyderms in fact Who Were suffering out in &hellip; 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