Haiku For the Soft and the Thorny

From Cactus to Rabbits

I have a variety of haiku today.

First is one about cholla. I love to look over the hillsides in the early morning and see their blonde or silver tops thrusting up amid the greener branches of mesquite and palo verde.

When the sun lights their thousands of needle-sharp thorns, they appear softer, and some species even look furry—hence the name “Teddy Bea…