Owl

moon washed fields of spring from atop some distant copse lonely plaintive cry

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Casarah Nance

Date: 6/22/2015 8:39:00 AM

I always keep a dictionary next to me so when I see a word I don't know I can learn it, and copse was it today, that made my day to read something awesome and learn something new :)

Viv Wigley
Date: 6/22/2015 12:17:00 PM

Yes, Casarah, good move. Similarly with Thicket, Coppice and Clump, all useful words to have in a Haiku armoury. Thanks for the comments. Viv x

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/12/2015 1:04:00 AM

yes, as in graveyard shift..... LOL, what did you think I said... LOL... I can't help but smile right now... I better stop popping up on your replies. I must be taking up your time... Goodnight. Linda

Viv Wigley
Date: 4/12/2015 1:07:00 AM

No problem, thanks for the banter, and sweet dreams. Viv x

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/12/2015 12:56:00 AM

Eagle Owl, taking a shift. Why thank you Viv, now you completed the imagery I placed on this haiku... LINDA

Viv Wigley
Date: 4/12/2015 12:59:00 AM

Ah, you did say shift. My eyesight's failing....

Viv Wigley
Date: 4/12/2015 12:58:00 AM

No no, Linda- night SHIFT :) ready for the hunt, and he had competition; Leopard up in the rocks. Fortunately, not enough meat on me for either of them :)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/12/2015 12:48:00 AM

LOL, I like your comment on my poem Viv... More, I love the imagery here. Isn't it something how one Owl sit while many trees rest alone... Now this is a haiku, I love it.. Linda

Viv Wigley
Date: 4/12/2015 12:52:00 AM

Thanks, Linda. I remember crossing the Namib desert at sundown and seeing an Eagle Owl ready for his night shift on a solitary tree, the only one for miles, and thinking 'wow, tree- what great company you keep'. Viv x

Duke Beaufort

Date: 3/27/2015 8:12:00 AM

I only hope we give them the space and freedom they need to exist. We've seen a lot of habitat destruction and pollution. That beauty is something special.

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/28/2015 3:28:00 AM

Amen to that, Duke.

Jan Allison

Date: 3/26/2015 3:36:00 PM

Oh I love owls Mr Viv - we had a family of 5 in the huge tree when I was growing up - great imagery:-) Hugs Jan xx 7 xx

Jan Allison
Date: 3/27/2015 2:48:00 AM

I have never seen an owl on the Island apart from ones in captivity and that is such a tragedy - hubby and I went to York last year and they had a falconry display and also many owls - I spent ages just staring at them and taking photos their is a charm to them like no other - i think it is their faces so fully of character:-) hugs jan xx

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/27/2015 2:16:00 AM

I get a regular visitor on our TV aerial- I have several bird feeders at the end of the garden which attract mice, so I think the Owl uses it as a drive-thru. Thanks for popping by, Jan. Viv x

Dorian Petersen Potter

Date: 3/25/2015 5:15:00 AM

Nice pen Viv! I enjoyed your owl haiku piece, dear friend. Thanks for sharing.A 7! Wishing you a very lovely day! In his light! God bless you! :-) Love n' hugs! D.

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/26/2015 8:08:00 AM

Thanks for popping by, Dorian. Blessings, Viv x

Kp Nunez

Date: 3/25/2015 4:24:00 AM

Love haiku moment here, peaceful and serene. :) Kim

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/26/2015 8:07:00 AM

Thanks, Kim. Peaceful when it doesn't keep you awake at one in the morning, but I'd miss it if it wasn't there. Viv x

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/24/2015 2:08:00 PM

I really enjoyed the imagery of this and that word copse!

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/24/2015 11:44:00 PM

Yes, a lovely word for a small thicket of trees. And thicket is a nice word, too. Chose copse since it goes with 'atop'. Thanks for popping by, Andrea. Viv x

Paul Callus

Date: 3/23/2015 10:11:00 AM

Lovely owl haiku, Viv. Can hear that cry in the night! // paul

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/24/2015 2:38:00 AM

Thanks, Paul. Keeps me awake at all hours. Don't mind, though. Regards, Viv

Jack Ellison

Date: 3/23/2015 8:56:00 AM

Great first line, my friend! A very good Haiku! Jack

Viv Wigley
Date: 3/23/2015 8:58:00 AM

Thanks Jack, and goodnight. Or whatever time of day it is over there :) . Viv