Snow Owl Poems

snowy owl's feathers, 
soft and white as winter snow, 
silent sentinel…...

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"Excuse me, you dropped this."
I turned and saw a beautiful female Polar.
I had seen her before, her nest was on the tundra.
"Thank you," I said,...

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The whoosh of the wild winter wind
wrapped me within swift swishing swirls
whipping me on till there it stood,
a lonely cabin in the wood.

The shrill shriek...

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snowy owl
hoots at northern sky
crystal dew falling

a vole sleeps
deep in frozen ground
earthen dreams

heaven of stars
on celestial journey
night lights

wolf howls
at the snow moon
brief serenade

dreams fade
into morning...

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White owl O so pure
Sits and watches falling snow...
with sharp crystal eyes

17.3.22
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Contest Name: Bird Haiku...

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snow swathed twilight woods
     owl’s screech stirs superstition -
          the deer hunter...

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white owl flies low over snow to her hide,
from there she watches the snow melt each day,
holed in an old tree near barn by road...

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tree branches glisten
 with gems of pearly snowflakes
 horned owl looks on

 1-14-2021...

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Across the night the silence of travelling lights,
the shimmering molt of the stars, 
the moon sweeping snow
over the black drenched cars, and all unwinding
into cisterns...

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Owl, falcon, raven, crow.
Something dark against the snow.
What kind of bird? We disagree.
It makes a gorgeous shadow though against this tree.

We get closer, hoping to...

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King of this barn I am said the owl, and he said it in one loud caw.
The other animals began leaving, for they were afraid...

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Today I think I`m an owl
Wandering in higher realms, 
Seeing earth and snow 
From top of dark green firs, 
My wings are so white, 
Wide...

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Barred Owl

Snow-blowing
window scene
presents a forest
of bare branches
upon one of which
an owl perches,
the snow-wind flying
at its ruffle-feathers.
Watcher sits
at the computer
determined to identify
the owl variety:
"Barred Owl?"
she wonders,
looking...

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I can hunt night and day
the most powerful owl
little animals are my prey
even smaller owl
You can see my tracks in snow, but you can not...

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Wake me, the owl, when the moon does rise
and his golden beams illuminate the skies,
when the darkness flees and the time just flies
and the cold,...

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