Poetry and word lists

“Even wolves shed tears It is hard for us to see They suffer so much”

Haiku poem by Eternity Phoenix, 2005

The animal and the child are the same yet different and separated. As Zoe Jacques puts it, there is a connection between children and animals “in which the child and the animal overlap, address and reflect one another” and the child can imagine other lives through boundaries of human and non-human and through animate and inanimate. Zoe Jaques (2015, p13)

Inside Home Play Independence Family Identity Sameness Difference Protect

Empathy Kindness Understanding

Earthling Rebellion Nature - weather, seasons, trees, the moon, sunshine Outside Trees, Hills, mountains, ears European Seasons Soft greys, fur, reeds, grass Freshness Fear. Alarm.

Knowledge Curiosity Comfort Quiet Being Belonging Harmony Zen Mono no aware - the pathos of things, the awareness of the impermanence of things