There's a wolfish quality to a poet's character. You might bring one into your home ("It looked like a dog!"). but ultimately a wolf won't act like a dog, can't understand that she's in your home and (as wolf specialists tell us) doesn't distinguish between inside and out. Wolves challenge the safety of our world. So it's probably easier to keep one out of the house than to try to imagine what that missing thing looks like-either the wolf or the poet's inner landscape.                               Fear of Poetry by Eileen Myles  

mThere is a wolf in me ... fangs pointed for tearing gashes ... a red tongue for raw meat ... and the hot lapping of   blood - I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me  and the wilderness will not let go.                                            Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). Cornhuskers. 1918.

  Wolf......Teacher, Pathfinder, Moon Dog of my soul......Howling, Singing, Teaching me how to know.    Author unknown. 

  Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night......can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the moon is bright. 

  Music: Samba Pa Ti. - Santana