rabbit
walking
I see a rabbit
hopping
tiny as a brown velvet button
he stops
afraid that I follow
but
he is intent on going
the very way
I wish to go
not wanting to scare
I stop too
suspiciously
we eye
one another
this could go on
all day :)
Comments
Ooh, I've never been likened to Johnny Morris before! :)
Ta guys!xx
lovely brown buttons apart, I love the way you attribute thoughts and intent to these creatures, rather like Johnny Morris used to do.
And it reminds me. Driving on the back road to Arnside once, late at night, three deer leapt into the path of my car then ran ahead of it. As I stopped, so did they; when I moved off slowly, they ran ahead at the same speed. This went on for around ten minutes before I did the only thing I could to get them off the road (for their own sakes) I drove at them quickly and they leapt back over the drystone wall. I felt so bad.
Thanks Ann.
Enjoyed this, Ann. Sheep can be just as daft can't they, if they get stuck in front of walkers on a bridleway.
Hi Ann,
"tiny as a brown velvet button" is a lovely encapsulation of baby rabbitness. Unfortunately my black demon of a cat keeps bringing them home as sacrifices/gifts, leaving (unluckily for them) only their feet as evidence.
Regards,
A.E.
Thanks Greg - it is the time of baby rabbits already! They are so SMALL! It often happens when I'm out walking that I end up following one simply cos they are going the same way as me, and they always think I'm doing it on purpose! Good that they are wary of course. x
At a garage where I park to eat a sandwich after visiting my mum in hospital I see rabbits bounding about in the next field as the sun sets. Brilliant pay-off line here, Ann. It's neat and really works
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Steven Waling
Sun 13th Mar 2011 15:24
good poem. I like the naturalness of the language.