Friday, December 14, 2007

Hare in the Snow


Hare in the Snow
by Helen Dunmore

Hare in the snow cresting
the run of winter, stretching
in liquid leaps over the hill,

then the wind turns, and
hare stands so still

he is a freeze of himself, fooling
the shadows into believing
he is one of them.


Image: “Snowshoe Hare and Chickadee” by Larry A. Smail.

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