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.)