Because it’s Groundhog Day, I thought I’d drag out this oldie for another look. I posted it a couple years ago here, and I’m thankful to Barbara Baskin who reblogged it for me back in 2011, adding some fine digital imagery at 3B Digital Art, which you can see HERE.
Full Punxsutawney Moon
Three days later, early, certainly
well before sunrise, after the graspers
and flashers have packed up and gone,
after the national news has had its say,
under a staring, starry, cut-glass sky
and a moon shivering its way toward
moonset, the groundhog steps warily out,
its snout in snow a foot or more deep.
Relieved, at last, of the press of local
press and the tyranny of network tourists
he lounges in the full moon’s light,
each icy whisker distinct, resplendent,
its shadow a mere matter of fact
on the otherwise unbroken snow.
I love this. I have no idea what a groundhog looks like, but I’m imagining a kind of nocturnal pig. The sun is just setting here, the sky a resplendent red and gold archipelago.
Au contraire, V; groundhogs are cool rodents. You could Google or clink on the link above (for 3B Digital) for a really fine image. Thanks for stopping by!
here in the northeast we call them woodchucks, and they are one of my favorite critters. And i love poems about animals like this. beautifully done, ron.
I love this…the press of media to try to have winter’s fortune told by the shadow of a rodent….I like how you ended it…its shadow a mere matter of fact on the unbroken snow.
Well Done Ron, I really enjoyed this ! I too am a fan of the cool woodchuck !!
oh my this is so lovely- I love in my minds eye the resplendent groundhog in the moonlight. Made me smile.