Barn Owls

Cherry

By onemorething

Mon, 30 Mar 2020
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Barn owls have eaten the moon 

in mouse-sized gobbets,

the ghost of its lunar curves

beams from their faces,

bloated,

crater-eyed,

gleams in the gloss 

of their embroidered wings and

I wonder if I will be lost

in this new darkness.

But they sail on

to carve waves

in their ocean of night,

savage appetite quelled,

no enquiries made

of their brightened hearts.

 

Image from pixabay. 

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Comments

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

Another really brilliant first line - so unusual an image. And your poem fits perfectly with the picture. 

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thank you! I know, the picture makes my point about their moon-facedness. Thank you for the cherries too. 

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Quite an ornithologist, a real connoisseur of the avian environment. I am learning so much about birds from your accomplished poem about our feathered friends. Thanks for that Rachel.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Well, I wish I was, I would love it. I just like reading about them and spying on them on walks. Thank you for reading it, I was completely obsessed with owls throughout my entire childhood. It's odd that I don't write more poems about them really, but perhaps I will. Rachel x

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rachel,

I too love owls, they are such mysterious birds. I loved your line about the barn owl looking like it had eaten the moon in mouse size gobbets, very original and shows how you've studied this beautiful bird.

I remember my first introduction to the owl, it was when I was seven and I watched the film Bambi one Christmas at our school, I just fell in love with this majestic bird.

A very inspiring poem indeed.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks Jenny. I was so obsessed with them when I was younger that I don't actually even remember where it started myself. I'm glad you liked it and I suppose bite-sized, mouse-shaped moon gobbets is a bit odd really, but it seemed entirely reasonable to me at the time! Thank you for reading it. :)