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Owl Poems - Poems about Owl

Premium Member Good night 2
Great night to sleep tight Onyx sky looking at stars Owls hoot a piercing cry Did he just call sweetheart Now I lay me down to sleep I pray that I wake up Good night poet or good morning Hope you get plenty love Tootles...

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Categories: owl, bird, poetry,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Tender Fawn and Yonder Owl
Leaping o’er the meadow, a tender fawn yonder owl turns his head 360 degrees around On his lily, croaks the frog lovestruck robins sing their dialog Time to go to bed, my gramma said ...

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Categories: owl, animal, bird, dream, nature,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Sherbertta and her Hoot Owl
Sherbertta was elegant, but did not put on any kind of airs. You talk to her, gnomes were whispering, making dares. A hoot owl flew by and gave them a dirty look which was odd Thought they were nocturnal, said a shy gargoyle named Rod. Sherbertta had flown in on her monarch wings to help them out Most of the...

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Categories: owl, animal, bird, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wise Soothsayer Owl
Soothsayer owl was wiser than most Kept quiet about it, was not one to boast I heard from others how sage he was He dressed with crystals, and a bit of fuzz Kind of like a hippie in his fancy attire Have to admit, I did kind of admire The way he had with people and me He stayed a fortnight, as...

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Categories: owl, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Owl
above the mist of  kohl tombstones . . .   moon hides its face Wind screams through the graveyard, and leaves on the ground are scattered around old tombstones where a modern Cherokee man lies on top of the grave of his dead wife,  wailing with a passion that matches the aching tone of the wild unbridled breeze. Months have passed, and nobody could trace the...

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Categories: owl, angst,
Form: Haibun



A Spectral Owl
Cloaked in a fitting grey suit and bow tie, She floats like paper kites across meadows. From a hollow in a tree, her eyes pry~ Her loud hoot startles nearby sleeping crows. The spectral owl, with her faint, surprised look, Watches as the crows flee into the dark. Then silence reigns, curbed only by a brook, And chirps of birds in the...

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Categories: owl, adventure, dark, life, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Scorpion Sybarite
Dark angel baring broken wing, ...

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Categories: owl, angel, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Within Without
Day and night Over my years I watch This full owl body carved from the light Of wood With its slimly painted feathers and howling eyes Held in swooping flight At an angle On a string From our family room Ceiling Circles in the heat of our furnace vent Glides in its corner in summer breezes That is beautiful enough Its constant motion suspecting me A mole Watching TV But there...

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Categories: owl, appreciation, beauty, children, creation,
Form: Free verse
An owl
Oh, my dear oval faced owl, Your...

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Categories: owl, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member barn owl
barn owl snowy roof skeletal trees night watcher in moments hunter...

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Categories: owl, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Spring Rain
finger painted sky dotted star line above trees as rain falls an owl calls...

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Categories: owl, appreciation, bird, rain, tree,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member O, Speak, Yonder Owl
O, speak yonder owl, filled with wisdom as you are Tell me how I can swing from a star Well, little chimpanzee, I’ve some advice for you ...

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Categories: owl, animal, bird, imagination, star,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Nocturnal Owl
An old owl Wise and content Sits motionless On a crooked tree Bent Gathering wisdom Searching low Setting sail upon the wind Soaring below A shadowed silhouette Mysterious And free Greets the silent night In a nocturnal dream ...

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Categories: owl, beautiful, beauty, mystery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member - Wise As An Owl -
See the world through an optimistic telescope - meet the challenges, share your reflections - breathe and embrace life with intention...

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Categories: owl, cheer up, inspiration, wisdom,
Form: Other
Premium Member The Owl, Though Some Think It Is Wise
The owl, though some think it is wise, Finds mice far more tasty than pies. In matters of taste Its judgment erased, Its fees are too high, I surmise. ...

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Categories: owl, bird, food, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick

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