Poem: Laden

 

Laden

 

branches of snowshoe hares

stampede when a gale whisks 

a hunkered spruce,

such spectacles of snowy flight! 

are they fearful, perhaps, 

of the tiger in a young spring sun, 

a single daffodil paw?

 

so pure in wonderment, these hares,

poised to scamper.  maybe they 

are only playful, reluctant

to leave the lofty stage.

are they playwrights,

with snowy manuscripts of silver icicles, 

green of quill?

 

maybe they are magicians,

pulled at dawn from moonshadowy hats.

these white rabbits ... ?

if they flee the carousel of wind and blizzard

what next?   what refuge

beyond dapples of jeweled light?

what aid from an audience

so quiet and stark?

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6/26

1/28/24 ... major many changes

1/10/24 ... "a daffodil paw" replaces "daffodil paws"

the snowshoe hares symbolize the heavy snow hanging in bent trees