Joanna Preston is an Australian contemporary poet who has also worked as an editor, freelance writing tutor, and more. In 2008, she won the Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry, and her first collection was published a year later, titled The Summer King. It was followed by tumble, in 2021.
‘The Pride of Lions’ by Joanna Preston describes what happens after a speaker’s husband is transformed into a lion. It presents a message about what relationships require in order to be successful.
The switch to all fours was not easy – all his weight
slung from the blades of his shoulders.
His deltoids knotted like teak burls,
and I burnished them as he slept.
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