Wild Defiant Sorrow Today, the wolf represents all
that which is wild and free.
They call us to the last retreats
of our vanishing wilderness,
where their songs carry on the wind,
a wild defiant sorrow.
Roaming where few men dare,
wolves pierce the silence
with their powerful song.
The howl begins low and melodious.
The sound is lonely, haunting, surreal;
as if the voices of our ancestors
were howling through the canyons.
Soon, the ridges resound with the chorus
of a wolf pack on the prowl.
Then, as the last note descends,
it is quiet, as the winds whisper
like spirits of ancient times.
Remember that sound and treasure it.
It is as old as time, wild as the wind
and as poetic as moonlight on snow.
It is the trademark of the wolf.
Sacred Wolf Dreams...
The Singing Wilderness
At last I caught what I was listening for...
the long drawn howl from over the hills,
a sound that was wilderness music...
something as free and untamed as there is on earth.
Sigurd F. Olson
(click on any of the songs below for your listening pleasure)
