Congratulations Vivien!
Hare
It was a sloping field
tipped towards the sea,
the breeze blew
along the ground,
cooling my bare legs.
My foot was nearly down,
poised at the point where
weight shifts forward.
I may have heard
its indrawn breath
before
its silk gloved paws
glanced off my leg.
Erupting through
the tussocks, it shrank
to rabbit, then mouse.
Through the fence,
into the sea mist,
making a memory
for telling to children.
