Rabbit Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Sins of our Fathers	Rachael Chitondwe	Dramatic Verse	rabbit, africa, child abuse, culture,
	I absconded with reader rabbit Peter to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day	matthew harris	Epic	rabbit, adventure, best friend, courage,
	Wiggely	Sandra Weiss	Etheree	rabbit, child, friend, friendship love,
	Another Easter Dinner with a Difference	Maurice Rigoler	Light Verse	rabbit, easter,
	The Tooth Fairy's Confession	craig cornish	Rhyme	rabbit, funny,
	Smoking Caterpillar Inc	Rebecca Credeur	Rhyme	rabbit, humor,
	worlds within worlds lost in inner space	jake aller	Free verse	rabbit, dream, drug, mental illness,
	SPRING SMORGASBORD	Kim Rodrigues	Haiku	rabbit, animal, food, spring,
	Pig and Rabbit	Maurice Rigoler	Light Verse	rabbit, food, humor,
	Goddess Durga's Bounty	Brita Roy	Rhyme	rabbit, daughter, emotions, faith, father,
	Kale and such	Paul Warren	Ballad	rabbit, food, health,
	Marzipan's mixture of myths	Michelle Smith	Free verse	rabbit, adventure, books, child, dream,
	A RECLUSE	Martin Brown	Free verse	rabbit, emotions,
	Jack rabbit lover	robert morley	Free verse	rabbit, love,
	FROM MY GARDEN WITH LOVE	Martin Brown	Imagism	rabbit, garden, nature,
	Easter	Clarence Billheimer	Lyric	rabbit, easter,
	Bunny don't grow up to fast	Nagella Jean-Baptiste	Free verse	rabbit, family, truth,
	Los Angeles Elbow Grease	John Conde	Rhyme	rabbit, dark, evil, passion, spoken
	Alice	Kath Crilly	Verse	rabbit, books, childhood, symbolism,
	Aurora	denis bruce	Free verse	rabbit, beauty, pain, sorrow,
	High tea	Kathryn Sweeney	Free verse	rabbit, adventure, courage, destiny,
	Elements	Deborah Cromer	Rhyme	rabbit, inspirational,
	GAMBLING WITH LIFE	Line Gauthier	Free verse	rabbit, confidence, hope, life, love,
	Animal Attraction	Rico Leffanta	Limerick	rabbit, animal, lust,
	White Rabbit Inc	Rebecca Credeur	Rhyme	rabbit, humorous,
	NOURISHMENT	Martin Brown	Tanka	rabbit, nature,
	Desire Breeds Suffering	Pardy Mupfumbu	Free verse	rabbit, addiction,
	Welsh Rabbit Stew	Gershon Wolf	Light Verse	rabbit, fairy, fantasy, food, love,
	White Rabbit	DM Babbit	Quatrain	rabbit, allusion, animal, dream,
	BIRTHDAY PARTY OF ARIANNA	Anisha Dutta	Free verse	rabbit, appreciation, birthday, granddaughter,
	Villanelle 5 'Death Goes A-Begging, Once We Pluck His Sting'	Andrew Fairchild	Villanelle	rabbit, celebration, death, easter, faith,
	On My Blindness	Wanda Daugherty	Prose Poetry	rabbit, angst, anxiety, conflict, confusion,
	A WORLD OF FANTASY	Martin Brown	Quatrain	rabbit, emotions,
	I was my fathers remote control	Bobby May	Free verse	rabbit, father,
	The Forest Has Eyes	Dear Heart	Enclosed Rhyme	rabbit, animal, nature,
	The Adventures of Oli's Toys - Mayo The Rabbit	john wilmore	Rhyme	rabbit, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
	My First Love	Bobby May	Free verse	rabbit, girlfriend,
	Go Ahead and Give Trump the Blame	James Horn	Limerick	rabbit, allegory, analogy,
	The Secret Life of Jessica Rabbit	Geoffrey Brewer	Sonnet	rabbit, film,
	Devoured	Robert Young	Free verse	rabbit, bird, dark, deep, inspiration,
	Electric Rabbit God	Anthony Slausin	Free verse	rabbit, god,
	All I Could Muster	Crow thepoet	Free verse	rabbit, night, voice,
	Autumn	Wanda Daugherty	Rhyme	rabbit, animal, autumn, cool, dog,
	MIKEY	Jim Tidd	Rhyme	rabbit, dog,
	God's confession part one	jake aller	Free verse	rabbit, dark, deep, depression, desire,
	Moss Cowed Covenant I Keep Putin Off	matthew harris	Free verse	rabbit, absence, encouraging, faith, humor,
	How Grateful For Acute Psyche Pain	matthew harris	Bio	rabbit, allah, angel, baptism, father,
	NYPD	john scott	Rhyme	rabbit, anger,
	Old Souls Fable	Matt Forshay	Free verse	rabbit, dark, death, deep, evil,
	Rabbit in a Snowstorm	Eugene Harvey	Etheree	rabbit, death, life, nature, snow,

Rabbit Poem Example

Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow Old

You were beautiful, 
my tiny child, 
wrapped tightly in my arms, 
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless, 
you cried out to me
and I loved you
with every ounce of my soul.

Will you hear me
when I cry out? 
Will you hold me close
as I held you then? 

I remember the day
You took your first step.
There was no stopping you.
Your feet gave you freedom
to explore the world
like never before
but danger lurked.
I opened those doors anyway, 
cautiously, 
and introduced
you to the world.
Where will you be
when my legs
no longer run? 
no longer work? 
Will you realize
that I love
freedom too? 

I laugh
about that day
you first tied your shoe.
We tried and tried
to get that rabbit
in that hole
and you finally did it.
You pointed your toes
for everyone to see
how proud you were.

I am proud too, 
of my writing
and my drawing, 
of my needlework
and my cooking.
But my hands are beginning to ache
and my fingers will not bend.
I will lose the things
that make me proud
except for you.
Hopefully not you.
Will you let me
brag on you? 
Even tell wild stories
that are a bit beyond the truth? 
Will you be proud of me too? 

I waved good-bye
that morning when you left
on that large, yellow bus.
I was so scared.
I know you were too.
You waved at me bravely
through the dusty window
but I saw the water
forming in your eyes.
You came home, however, 
full of pride and joy.
You sang the alphabet song
and got most of it right.
You practiced for hours
until you could sing it
even in your sleep.

But 
I'm afraid.
I forgot
whether I took
my pills today or not.
I forgot
if I told this story before.
I even forgot once
who you were
and it terrified me.
My mind
is my treasure
the only thing I have left, 
and I heard you make
fun of me
for not remembering
that I gave you the
same gift as last year.
Will you love me
when I no longer
know who I am? 

You came home blushing
from the glow of
your first kiss.
Your first love, 
the one you thought was real.
You talked about him non-stop.
You changed for him. You gave.
But he left you anyway
for a blue-eyed girl
and I held you
while you cried for him.

I too have a
broken heart.
The love of my life
left me after
fifty-six years.
He left me here
to live life on my own
while he moved on
to another realm
And I cry for him too.
I long for his shoulder
and strong embrace.
I feel betrayed
because he and I
made a deal
that we would never
leave the other alone.
Yet I am alone
sitting in an echoing house
with no hands to hold.

You welcomed her home today- 
your tiny baby girl.
She has your eyes
and possibly your toes.
I see you counting them
as they roll me
into the room.
You finally came
to visit.
It has been a while.

You look up at me
with tears in your eyes
and ask
almost desperately, 

"Will she tie my
shoes
when I get old? "

Poem Copyright © Rachel Kovacs