Campers gather ‘round the fire’s light
Comforted by the protection it brings
From the dark abyss of the forest’s night
Where hide ravenous wild animals
And the ghosts of their scary stories
When, in the distance, they hear
The howling of a lone wolf’s cry
Frightening them back into their tents
If only they knew the broken heart
Crouching behind that beastly façade
Calling out for his pack to come back
And forgive his transgression
So he may be whole once more
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Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
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I often think of the lone wolf - we use it like its a badge of honour in some way, but its seldom a choice I think
I feel so sad for the wolf 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Heart breaking Stephanie. I love the shifting perspectives, it made for a very well rounded poem/ story!
More likely he was gathering his pack…nice poem. Eons ago, it was just after dusk in the wilderness near Mt Denali in Alaska, and I heard the wolves howling, which made the hackles on my dog's neck stand up.
Stunning imagery. "That he may be whole once more."