elusive rabbit
left her trail to spring’s greening
before snows melted
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Another opportunity has arrived, a chance to find out about that elusive poetic rabbit. You can discover more at Roxie’s Blog.
Thank you, Roxie. It was fun and an honor.
loved them both. haiku writing is very tough.
Wonderland. Bunnies warming. Earth yawning. See what You just did to me? Blissed me out as I wind down my day. Great haiku. Took me there….
Thank You and Cheers and Namaste.
Blissbait,
Did you dream of bunnies last night? (heehee)
I like!
Bugs Bunny,
Hope you stop by again sometime.
Welcome. Any rabbit is welcome here.
Lovely poem. This is what my rabbits are doing.I know they have been here, but haven’t caught site of them in about two weeks.
Leslie,
All this activity, visible or not, surely is a sign of a soon arriving spring.
Sooner than later. The morning doves have been cooing on my roof for the last three mornings.
Yes! Sooner, sooner, sooner.
Read this three times and each time thought the lines were suggesting something else. Well done
Thanks
adam,
Welcome, your visit and comment. I’m pleased you found different possibilities in my poem. Those are kind of poems I like.
wit and winner,
award 4 u!
Jingle,
Oh my. You’re too generous. Thank you.
Yousei,
I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the poem you submitted over at David L Harrison’s site. Though I enjoy all your poems.
I had a little rabbit hopping around in the snow by my back door today. I guess he has lived in my yard all winter, because I regularly see tracks in the snow.
How do you tell if they are male or female – any idea?
Kathy
Kathy,
Thank you for the encouragement. I rather like that faery poem too. As far as telling wild rabbits genders, it is difficult in most cases. Females generally have smaller ears, though not by much. It would be difficult for me to tell without a comparison. I don’t believe they have any other distinguishing characterstics, like birds have coloring. I have a hard enough time determining gender on our domestic rabbits. They are as bad as cats, in my opinion. So for the wild ones, I just make a spot decision and that’s what it is. The smarter ones are always females.
Ha! That’s funny. Female rabbits are just like us.
Kathy,
Aren’t they though.
I just popped over here because I saw the Japanese title of your blog. I really enjoyed reading through your wonderful poetry! I really want to share your haiku with my kids. We have had a hard time finding haiku in English that we actually like!
Sue,
I’d be delighted to share my haiku (or any other writing) with your students. I am actually quite jealous of your teaching position and time in Japan. Perhaps I’ll make it over some day (when my kids are grown). Please keep in touch and let me know how things are going, if you need anything in particular, or . . . anything.
You’ve given me an idea to write about the rabbit that enters my garage…nothing green…and no snow here…what is he doing?…I think I’ll makeup something…thanks for the poem and the idea!
slpmartin,
Welcome. I am honored by your visit and your words. How wonderful to be the spark that ignites an idea. Do come back and visit and let me know what you create.
P.S. How did you come by this name? I am afraid to say it out loud as I am not sure how to pronounce it.
I thoroughly enjoyed your interview. You are very brave to put yourself out there. I look forward to your writing. Keep on keeping on…
Lisa,
Thank you for your encouragement. I enjoy talking about writing, less about me. Pronouncing the name would be [yo-oo-say hee-may]. I say find a comfortable pronunciation and stick with that. 
Tracking poetic rabbits is a bit easier from season to season–you just follow the trail of poems.
Silly Rabbit! Didn’t the rabbit talk to the groundhog???
Technobabe,
She did talk to the groundhog. Shoot! She begged him. He just moves soooo slowly.
nice my dear, lol sounds like a hard critter to catch lol, lovely haiku as always xx
william,
Thank you for your continued visits and encouragement. She is a difficult rabbit to catch, but easy to track down. She leaves rough drafts everywhere.
Those waskley wabbits. You can at least see where they are headed in the snow. Cheers.
Hi Lisa,
It shouldn’t be too hard to track a poetic rabbit, no matter what the season. You just follow her trail of poems.
waskily wabbit…cute poem….
Brian,
lol Glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping by.
March 2 now – I think I missed it – if that’s the one you mean…
Stan,
You’re fast. First to comment. You didn’t miss anything because I’m just getting around to posting it. It’s still the first here. Thanks for visiting and reading and indulging in your curiousity.