lockdown poetry – Tender Rebellion

A reflective deer

December 17, 2020December 15, 2020 Constance Bourg

wet asphalt
a doe reflecting
on hunger

This haiga was inspired by images of animals walking through deserted towns during the first lockdown.

A moment alone

November 9, 2020October 31, 2020 Constance Bourg4 Comments

Come a little closer, darling Le Bao
the crowds have left, and the pen is quiet
I am less overtaken by shyness
how their gazing caused my fur to itch with
stress, a diet, devoid of warmth and touch
it is irksome to be exhibition
did not want to add to the performance
too much for this solitary frame, but
now it is quiet, the enclosure clear
so I was thinking that we could make a
small cub, a bug-eyed, fuzzy soccer ball
and when it is grown perhaps it will travel
back home, where the bamboo grows tallest
beneath big, old trees, a mountain hideout.

Meanwhile in a South Korean zoo under lockdown conditions…