Rabbit in the Moon (El-Ahrairah)

Native American mythology meets Watership Down

"Rabbit in the Moon (El-Ahraihrah)"

 

There is a rabbit in the moon,

Ancestral memories tell the story -

A trickster brave and cunnign lept,

Became suspended in lunar glory.

 

There is a rabbit in the moon,

I chase him through the night.

O'er lowland vale and wooded hill,

Souls like comets blazing bright.

 

There is a rabbit in the moon,

I pray to him when sleeping

To guide my dreams into the morn,

El-Ahrairah in your keeping.

 

Author's Note

El-Ahrairah was the name of the rabbit's trickster deity in Watership Down

Reviews

[Prudence Desideria]

Nice job! :) Really like the rhyme, and the vivid picture it paints. Reminds me of T.S. Eliot's 'Book of Cats' poems in a way... And, yeah, don't know what the Arabic refers to but, love that it's folklore related...

[Tomás Ó C..]

I dont know what the Arabic means, but the poem was brilliant, and loved the fact you used the rhyme...

[Chris Willits]

Very descriptive and alluring, good job.

[Wildfleour]

A very interesting piece.