I take a little break from my poetry series to offer you this interesting challenge that I was recently given by a local magazine: write a defence of bullfighting, subsequent to an article condemning it. Now, I loathe the very idea of subjecting any animal; especially such a magnificent creature as a bull to pain, degradation and death. In a way, I suppose it’s the bull being such a powerful dangerous creature that makes it so unbearably pitiful in its exhaustion and bewilderment, such that if I... Sign in to see full entry.