Great Grey Owl Frowning: A Haiku poem for a dark night of the soul
Stark, not debonair,
This owl, a stern taskmaster,
A conscience with wings.
Great Grey Owl/ Chouette lapone
photo credit Leigh Bateman
Great Gray Owl Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
When the owl sings, the night is silent. — Charles de Leusse
Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing. – David Almond
There’s always a hidden owl in knowledge. ― E.I. Jane
Being human is exhausting. So be an owl. —Unknown
A haiku is a type of Japanese poem that always uses the same number of syllables in a three-line format:
- the first line is five syllables
- the second line is seven syllables
- the third line is five syllables
Unlike many other poems, haikus usually don’t rhyme.
Often, a haiku focuses on a single moment in time and, in many cases, juxtaposes two images.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-write-haiku/
https://www.owltreasures.com/owl-quotes-and-sayings/
Your friend,
Robert
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