Black is the color of the ground
Which encircles the placid lake.
Volcanic cinders now surround
Desolate earth formed by raging quake.
Large rocks, silhouettes on the shore,
Provide shelter for small critters.
A place for winter's yearly store.
A place where pikas raise their litters
Lassen Park, a home for pikas
Who run around all summer long
Gathering supplies as fast as
The warm rays of the sun remain strong.
The extensive snows of winter
Trap the pikas safe in the den,
Where stored food is now their center.
When snow melts, an escape will open.
Though forced beneath the rocks to dwell,
The pika plans his life quite well.
*the pika is a very small lagomorph that is related to a rabbit.
Categories:
lagomorph, animal, environment, places,
Form: Rhyme
The big Rabbit
On my way home at twilight and with
a bag of abstract pearls I was stopped
by a giant leporine, it was silky blue but
had fangs like a walrus.
Was it a Cenzon Totochtin or could it be
a Minorcan Lagomorph, a Roly Poly.
Rabbits used to be big in pre-historic time
this one bit the fender of my car
before jumping into the bushes.
Alas, I had no camera, when I told my wife
she didn`t believe me.
Categories:
lagomorph, adventure, allegory, angel, anniversary,
Form: Blank verse
Spying
dilatory lagomorph
hole in one,
curious Alice tumbles while
following
Categories:
lagomorph, books, writing,
Form: Cinquain