I am the hare who does not go straight home. I relish the cool dew on my whiskers, the wind in ears and scut. Dawn steals past the farmer’s gate and I follow in its honeyed wake, zig-zagging fields, up and down hills, among the yellow daffodils, too full of giddiness to go straight home […]
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Finding the Way Day 6
pennant ears streaming buffeted by March madness a zig-zagging hare Kim M. Russell, 19th July 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a daily haiku or […]
Mountain Lake
in moody mountains long-legged prints of hares merge with neat tracks of fox at the edge of a still lake sky and water face to face Kim M. Russell, 2017 Images found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) F.) Sierra In the penultimate episode of our special Theme Week to […]
Summer Hare
In a late summer light circus, Shards of watery sunshine Moved in and out of focus. From my hide of grass I noticed, Unaware that I was there, A large-eared hare Lolling in the meadow. With twitching nose And whiskers trembling, It made a sudden spring; With lopsided gait it broke into a run, Burnished […]
The Christmas Hare
The third poem that was rejected by the magazine was one I originally wrote for a friend. It’s a bit late for Christmas, but here it is anyway. In a snowy field one Christmas Eve I spied a windswept hare Leaping and gambolling In the frosty air. The tawny coat beguiled me, Framed by […]
I said I wouldn’t write another autumn poem…
but here’s one anyway. Equinox Autumn equinox is here, Unsettling leaves And sending shivers Through the air. Beech and ash are turning now And fields are furrowed by the plough. Startled from its nest of grass, A hare lopes away as walkers pass. In early evening’s gold and mottled light Of low rays warning of […]
