Alan Peat

Rabbit Redux

No, not Updike’s. Mine. The one in the hutch. In the dark. In the shed. God knows why we kept it in the shed. It flinched from the light when you opened the door. I thought, perhaps, I’d forgotten it.

a path
by the roses
and low growing juniper —
faintly, the tang
of urine-soaked sawdust

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About the Author

Alan Peat is a UK-based poet and author. His work has featured in Frogpond, Mayfly, Heliosparrow, The Heron’s Nest, Presence, Hedgerow, and Blithe Spirit, among others. In 2021 he placed third in the International Golden Triangle Haiku contest and second in the New Zealand International Haiku contest.

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