Wild

<p><strong>wild</strong> /waild/ <em>adj</em>. <strong>1.</strong> living in a state of nature as animals that have not been tamed or domesticated. <strong>2.</strong> growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans as plants flowers fruit honey etc… <strong>3.</strong> uncultivated uninhabited or waste as land. <strong>4.</strong> <strong>a.</strong> native to Australia and New Zealand: wild violet; wild cat. <strong>b.</strong> escaped to the wild… <strong>5.</strong> living in an uncivilised state. <strong>6.</strong> of unrestrained violence fury intensity etc… <strong>7.</strong> characterised by or indicating violent excitement as actions the appearance etc. <strong>8.</strong> frantic; distracted crazy or mad… <strong>9.</strong> violently excited: wild with rage fear or pain. <strong>10.</strong> undisciplined unruly lawless or turbulent… <strong>11.</strong> unrestrained untrammelled or unbridled: wild gaiety; wild orgies. <strong>12.</strong> disregardful of moral restraints as to pleasurable indulgence. <strong>13.</strong> unrestrained by reason or prudence: wild schemes. <strong>14.</strong> extravagant or fantastic: wild fancies. <strong>15</strong>. disorderly or dishevelled: wild locks. <strong>16.</strong> wide of the mark: a wild throw. <strong>17.</strong> <em>Colloquial</em> intensely eager or enthusiastic. <strong>18.</strong> <em>Cards</em> (of a card) having its value decided by the wishes of the players or the player who holds it. <em>-adv.</em> <strong>19</strong><strong>.</strong> in a wild manner; wildly. <em>-n.</em> <strong>20.</strong> <em>(often plural)</em> an uncultivated uninhabited or desolate region or tract; a waste; a wilderness; a desert. <em>-phr.</em> <strong>21.</strong> <strong>in the wild</strong> in natural surroundings or habitat: animals in the wild. <strong>22.</strong> <strong>run wild a.</strong> to grow without cultivation or check. <strong>b.</strong> to behave in an unrestrained or uncontrolled manner… (From <em>Macquarie ABC Dictionary</em>)</p><p>Join 159 poets from across Australia in an exhilarating and often surprising foray into the many facets of ‘wild’ – human animal environmental and metaphorical.</p>