This is my fave of the art I've seen inspired by it, because instead of a ferocious predator run amok, this artist leaned into the joy of freedom--the tiger stepping on grass for the first time, and racing off thru fields of flowers with such excitement. :) (credit mochimars, tumblr)
What I like to point out is that "You Will Be Able to Say 1000 Words" came out in 2016, anthologizing things that had come out since they started in 2010. So Nael might be 14, he might be 20.
I hope Nael writes at least one more poem, also about a Tiger, near the end of their life. So we have a comparison of one persons perspective on Tigers longitudinally.
If Blake were any kind of gentleman (and also not dead for nearly 200 years), he'd happily surrender his crown to the superior poem with grace and respect.
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Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Nael, age 6, that's who.
And to be clear, not my making, just saved it when I saw it like a week ago 😌
Went to Hong Kong
To play ping pong
With his ding dong. “
- Some 3rd Grader
...and now you know the rest of the story.
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I wonder what they're up to these days!