God Owl Poems

Winter Haiku Series 2021

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life hides...

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hooting midst parched land

desert owl* mourns for rain drops---

till God pours His grace.

*Isaiah 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the...

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One of those nights when the moon was free
The owl god sat and stared right through me
I was consternated at what I might have done
Or...

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The wise old owl said,                    ...

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Finally to Burn: Icarus, Resurrected
by Michael R. Burch

Athena takes me
sometimes by the hand

and we go levitating
through strange Dreamlands

where Apollo sleeps
in his dark forgetting

and Passion seems
like...

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H Holy Spirit, have Thy Way in me as much as with
O Others
L Loving Thee, we love Jesus: no difference, other than He was man
Y...

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whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
startling me ……………………………….the first time
in the dark, surrounding me, coming from
God only knew what direction.

I stood motionless, marveling at owl’s hollowness.
It was as if she...

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She makes snakes eat themselves;
Recoil into an ouroboros,
As if evil sat upon a shelf full of twinned elves,
Swallowing shame while wearing a lucid dress.

Blonde has...

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I know so well the warmth of cold moonlight,
For night is home to all keen thought, blissfully unmaligned.
Helios holds no sway with me, his journey...

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Biko came down from heaven
 brought a message from Jesus to impart

 the sun comes up every morning in full view of the day
 one...

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I be an owl 




You rest at night as I hoot,
Hanging onto the wires 
as you sleep in your homes.

Then label me as a symbol
of...

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I'm a nightowl becuz I prefer the night, despite what you say
Today, I'm yours and I'm gonna make your day a delightful day
I love all...

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I'm the darkest creature of the night, watching over marshes; 
crickets fear me, making themselves invisible in grasslands. 
I am harmless, merely an owl courting...

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The owl can see with wide and narrow view
Focuses  both poets and artists knew.
The broad sweep on the canvas makes a place
Where details and...

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Burrowing Owls are found in open, dry grasslands, agricultural and range lands, and desert habitats often associated with burrowing animals, particularly prairie dogs, ground squirrels...

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