Ronovan’s prompt words are Party & Enjoy. I have used rather tenuous synonyms.
In the long grass lies
young hare basking in the warmth—
dancing sun dapples.
Haiku challenge: Wild pleasure
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Ronovan’s prompt words are Party & Enjoy. I have used rather tenuous synonyms.
In the long grass lies
young hare basking in the warmth—
dancing sun dapples.
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That’s a beautiful haiku. Other day I saw a video warning how small hares can be hidden below grasses and can die if the grass is mowed without much attention. They looked so fragile. Your haiku reminded me of them.
That’s right. The young ones hide in the long grass and keep very still. What works for predators isn’t any good against mowing machines. I trod on a baby hare this spring. It didn’t move when I blundered onto its hiding place.
Ah! That’s sad to hear. If we look at nature carefully, everything have a balance, a way of working out for animals for everything. Except us, we tip so many delicate balances out there without even knowing. We are a bit of a wild card or rebellious kids of mother earth!
You’re right about that. We disregard the balance completely, we’re unpredictable, and all animals give us a wide berth.
Sometimes I think that’s how things are supposed to be, the better one makes the rule, but we maybe smarter, there’s no indication of us being a better one I guess.
And then you wonder, is it really being smarter to saw off the branch you’re sitting on?
You are correct. Luckly, that branch is a mile thick, otherwise at the speed we are going, we would have been done already!
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oh, this is beautiful, jane –
I was just replying and WP whisked you off to the bin! Have retrieved. Thank you 🙂 I’m pleased you like the haiku 🙂
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Beautiful picture and haiku, Jane!
Thank you Vashti 🙂