Best Tawny Owl Poems

Soft, pastel-pink, aqua, sepia
Turning sharp, gold, striking
The sky is a willing canvas
Waiting to be kissed
By the palette of colours
Multi-shaded layers dapple the heavens
The pace of...

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Abandoned

I have read and told little white lies to bring smiles to faces of old folk, abandoned! I have reared lambs and calves and piglets...

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“Route 66” (Part 2)


The Wicked Old Witch stalked her, flying above 
on her revved up battered old  Peugeot Stick made from 
twigs and oderous...

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the mother red fox
snuggles in warm den, feeds her kits...
a-oo-oo-oo-ooo

the owl in the tree
on a pitch dark moonless night ...
who-who-who-who-who

the mother red fox
says shhh, shhh,...

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moonlight reflection
tawny owl on silent quest~
river drifts on by

 © Harry J Horsman 2022...

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Into the sunset    !4/05/2014

Yellow ochre sun 
In Vermilion sky
What a lovely canvas
Pleasing to the eye

Cirrus clouds change
From grey to red
As wild birds...

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in stillness of dusk
tawny owl is heard hooting ~
a forest nocturne



Owl Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Robert James Liguori
Date written: 10/15/2021...

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I gaze at a saffron sunset
as a tawny owl sails overhead,
while yellow sunflowers feel threat
until evening prayers are said.

The flaxen fields and amber plains
reflect the...

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Between the ground and the sky
a glittery orb floating in the sea of gems
It is a dream of gliding on an azure floor
Upper and lower...

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Deep in a valley there is this secret place,
a place to relax with the sun upon your face.
The only way out is to climb up...

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A tiny tawny torso
With tiny tawny eyes.
In tiny tawny cautious flows
The tiny tawny flies.

A tiny tawny heartbeat
With tiny tawny pace;
A tiny tawny look upon
A tiny...

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