March Panic

Seven years ago today, I was in a panic. We were snowed in, for the first time in years, and I needed to get to the station to catch a train southwards. My daughter was due to give birth to her first child and I’d promised to be there. Thankfully, in our village, the snow disappeared almost as quickly as it had arrived, and I was able to get to the station. Only, once on the train, there was a detour! Throughout the longer journey, I looked out of the window at snow in various stages: snowflakes, banks of snow, melting snow, fields covered in snow – with the occasional hare gambolling in the snow. I arrived just in time.

snowdrops have faded
daffodils are flourishing
still looking for hares

Kim M. Russell, 3rd March 2025

Image by George Hiles on Unsplash

This Monday at the dVerse Poets Pub, we are writing haibun about March madness with Frank, who reminds us that the shortest month of the year is behind us, we are looking forward to warmer weather, but winter can either leave like a lion or limp off like a lamb. We already have daffodils and crocuses. I would love to go for a walk in the sunshine today, but I’m stuck in bed after spending all Sunday in hospital.

Frank has given some lovely examples of poems about March madness, as well as a haibun by Stephen A. Allen.

36 thoughts on “March Panic”

    1. That’s funny; we used to have deer in the garden all the time, but we don’t see them much now. The best thing I saw was a herd of them leaping about in a field.

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  2. Kim you convey the feeling of anxiety of letting your daughter down and also missing the birth of your grandchild so well here. I love how you describe the snow in its varying states of degradation on the detour. Also lover how you pull nature in to support the moods. Can you tell I like this one? Glad it worked out for everyone. “All’s well…” and all that.

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  15. This is lovely, Kim. You capture that anxiety of missing such an important day well. And the haiku is beautiful. I’d love to see a hare or two in snow one day.

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