Best Barn Owl Poems

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I am one of nine babies born in a farmer's barn,
The barn is cozy and even has an owl door;
My birth nest so warm with stuff like grandma's yarn,
To keep us fed-  into the dark mom will soar.

The barn is cozy and even...

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I often wonder where you go
wise sentinel, who somehow knows
that days grow long,  time sways and bends. 
You stay awhile, become our friend
Then off you fly,  when summer ends

What becomes  of one we've grown to know
who holds the night, on wings composed

You...

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I often wonder where you go
wise sentinel, who knows somehow
that days grow long,  time sways and bends. 
You stay awhile, become our friend
Then off you fly,  when summer ends

What becomes  of one we've grown to know
who holds the night, on wings composed

You...

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the barn swallow swoops
onto a large hay bale
startling the owl...

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In silent air on silent wing
the deadly flight to one will find
unwelcome communion in the gloom
that hails the never-ending night

The heart shaped face belies the truth
imparting spiritual grace
a beating heart then nothing more 
a flash of white then empty space...

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she watches the stars
embraced by warm evening air
a barn owl screeches 


For: Owl Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
October 14, 2021...

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Break Forest Quiet

The Shrill of a Barn Owl

The Job Accomplished...

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Barn owl 
silently swoops
spreading its wings, talons 
wide with striking impact snatching
its prey.


2/2/2020


Modern Or Traditional Cinquain Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: William Kekaula...

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Barn owl lands on the soft grass
With a giant whump
Scaring away mice and chipmunks
They scatter in many directions
A garter snake was not as lucky
He gets carried off in giant talons
Lunch for owlets...

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Barn owl gave up on finding a barn in Topeka country side.
He kept finding one, but it was occupied by a groom or bride.
A flower patch welcomed him, where he sat down and cried.
Until another barn owl discovered him and welcomed him inside.

Now he and...

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Is it a hoot owl? Someone queried.
I had no idea. Wondering myself.
There are so many kinds of owls.
I had researched them.
It is probably not a barn owl I guessed.
For the barn had been torn down.
Two nights later I discovered my error.
Staring at me from the...

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Shooting stars or meteor shower?
Smiling eyes or evil glower?
Friendly smile or sinister plan?
Deranged killer or family man?

Blue waves lapping or cold grey sea?
Sunshine sky or burning skin?
Moonlit night or shadowed wolf?
Dark unseen cry or barn owl mooch?

Green, green grass or battlefield?
Peaceful sight or blind mind...

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At harvest time
Where a white ghost flies
Across a blood red moon
Behind the fields the rolling hills
Are purple, pink and blue

Over a dreaming wheat field
A barn owl patrols
Noiselessly it glides
Over the golden yellow drifts

Suddenly, it flaps its wings
And stares down intently
Below on the soil a startled...

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barn owl snowy roof
skeletal trees night watcher
in moments hunter...

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October evening, gold and gray
Storm clouds gather up above
Winds will whisper, trees will sway
With barn owls and with mourning doves

October evening, gray and gold
Soon the lantern shall be lit
And hoards of specters, young and old
Like moths, will all be drawn to it....

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