Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Song of the Hare

She sang the song of the hare
and the trees responded
 

She sang the song of the hare
and the wind trembled


She sang the song of the hare
and the stars oscillated


She sang the song of the hare
and the earth drummed


She sang the song of the hare
and the hanged man hung

as the god in the tree
put forth branches of sorrow


and the lark climbed high
in an ecstasy of cloud 


The Song of the Hare by Jane Holland was published in Boudicca & Co (Salt Publishing) 2006. 
A poem to celebrate the coming-in of summer!

Photos: Jane Holland, May 2014. Cornwall, near Bodmin Moor.
(Couldn't spot a hare, sorry.)

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