Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Mad March Hare. Our host is Frank Tassone
and this is my haibun response.
The rabbits just don’t understand March. Yesterday they were sprawled across my backyard like small, fur-covered tourists …. sunglasses tilted, ears flat in the warmth, a sweating glass of lemonade balanced on their bellies. One had the audacity to nap! The forsythia, just beginning to think yellow, held its breath. Then came the hail. They scattered in that particular rabbit way …. not running so much as vanishing, reappearing beneath the forsythia’s arching branches as if they had always been there. Their noses sniffed the cold air in search of lemonade and lounge chairs. March’s oldest joke, and still they fall for it every year.
warm sun on brown fur
between one breath and the next
hailstones, then silence
NAR©2026
This is “Mad March Hare” by George Formby
Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
The Elephant's Trunk 
Nancy, I love this line:
The forsythia, just beginning to think yellow, held its breath. So good!
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This was such a clever prompt, and I had so much fun creating that image. I’m glad you enjoyed it, Li. Thank you.
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You’re welcome and I’m glad you had fun with the prompt. It’s a good’n.
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So good my friend.
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Thank you, dear friend. It was great fun creating this post.
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You’re welcome dear sis
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Adorable!
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Thanks, Lisa. So glad you liked it!
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That’s really funny, the picture made me laugh too!
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Happy to tickle your funny bone, dear Keith, Thank you!
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si Cute Sis 💜
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Thanks so much, Sis
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i love the way those rabbits behaved in this haibun. They sure are real rabbits. Made me dizzy AND GIDDY. THANK YOU.
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So happy you enjoyed this one, Selma! Thanks for your enthusiastic comments; I had great fun creating this one! 🐇
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I can tell. Blessings.
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March weather is notorious for rapid, often chaotic, shifts, acting as a volatile transition from winter to spring.
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Somebody forgot to tell the rabbits! Thank you, my friend 😊
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Too funny!!! 🐰
Our bunnies seem to have increased dramatically in population over the winter.
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Doing what comes naturally! Thanks, D! 🐰
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YUM, esp the haiku
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This was fun! Thanks, Ron.
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Those rabbits made me chuckle, Nancy! I love the idea of the forsythia holding its breath. We had that too, over the last couple of weeks, sun then hail and then sun again.
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Thanks, Kim! I was chuckling through the whole image-creating process! March has been insane here; I hope we are finally going to get some decent weather. If not, we might have a rabbit revolution on our hands!
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You’re welcome, Nancy. I too hope we all get some warmer weather very soon.
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The photo.. 😂
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IKR?!? It was great fun creating that one! Thanks, Cindy!
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Love your words, and that’s a great find for the music!
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Thanks, Clive. It’s a classic song!
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Three Wilburys, a Heartbreaker and a leftover Beatle: what’s not to love!
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You’re going to have to explain that one!
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Tom, Jeff and George, Mike Campbell, and Ringo 🤣
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I had everyone except Mike Campbell; drew a blank! Great riddle!
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I’m surprised! I thought you’d have known him 🤣
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Hahahaha I loved the image too 🤣.
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that particular rabbit way, indeed!
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You know it!!
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Creating that image was great fun! Thanks, Maggie
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