BUNNIES

Two little bunnies

hopping around the tree,

eating all the green leaves

cute as can be.

Two little bunnies

hopping around the tree,

they run off

when they see me.

    Look what I saw in my backyard today.  These two are Western cottontails.  We also have jack rabbits, but they have longer ears and usually darker tails.  Hey, I'm just glad that they were willing to wait around for me to whip out my camera.  Can you see the white tail on the one bunny hopping away?  Can you write a poem today about something in your backyard, or in your school yard?  Have fun writing.  

Desert Abecedarian

Across the arroyo
Bouncing in the basin
Coyotes call
Down the dry, rocky wash--
Eerie echoes reach
Far into the
Gully-- yipping and yapping
Hanging on a breeze
In the chill desert air.
Jack rabbits and
Kangaroo rats jumping,
Leaping high
Making little
Noise in the night.
Only the bobcat
Pauses to
Quietly creep before
Racing after rabbit prey, then a
Scream pierces the still silence,
Talons caught
Under the fur , and a 
Vulture
Wings over the dark
Xeriscape.
Yellow eyes leave
Zilch, nada, nil behind.

    I've been having fun playing with abecedarians this week.  Can you try your own poem shaped around the alphabet?  Have fun playing with this form.