Short Screeches Poems

owl screeches
silent wings gliding
a late snack...

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frozen finery
cascades shield tormented earth
an owl screeches...

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  The cricket screeches

  The bee buzzes 

    ~ Poor ant can't...

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a winter night chills
as birds nestle in fir trees ~
snowy owl screeches...

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Night bird





Owl
Raptor
Nocturnal 
Screeches and hoots
Crook






Lanterne- 1/2/3/4/1...

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bare bleached bones shining
	vapored vision of verglas ~
		horned owl screeches surge

(February Full Moon – Cherokee)
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AJ strikes his leg.

His mom screeches

Grab the soup he says!

His mom is quick to cover the splinters bruise

leg his strikes AJ....

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she gives a great scolding
her angry trills give me chills
apparently we upset her when we peeked in the nest
her screeches make hair stand up on my neck...

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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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in violet dawn
he screeches a world awake
barnyard bugler struts

the sun is coming
and he's the first one to know
blooms and butterflies

red rooster so bold
like desert cactus flowers
and amber at noon...

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Listen to poem:

When shovels scrape
and make screeches 
like fingernail grates 
on blackboards,
you know the job
is almost done.
As shovels designed to scoop,
when flipped over and made to rake,
shriek their embarrassment....

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Azzure night calls
rush blurry eyes
Pigeons came a calling
Waterloo I curse you
morning came a sneaking
The unaccustomed scratch gilded fear
Suited clad 
screeches the acceptable
Strange exiles disowns the Thames...

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astral visitor
spies the pets first
dogs begin to growl
cat screeches and runs

sleepy sister wakes up
thinks she is dreaming
goes back to sleep

she is not ready yet
to see beyond the veil
she may never be
her sister floats away...

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It brings tears enough for an ocean
It screeches of disdain
It tests our greatest fears with horror and vain
It speaks only truth of misery that makes us slain.
It is only a muzzling shadow which in the end
Makes us stronger but never tamed.
...

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An ambulance screeches to the hospital entrance,
In a mortuary van lies’ the father, such a senseless
Accident - child bleeding is rushed into theatre
The surgeon arrives’ goes up the elevator,
Sees patient, this is my son, operating would be reckless!...

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Sometimes Sister Sarah seems subjugated
Sometimes she seems simply silly,
Sometimes she suddenly screeches shrilly
Sometimes she sounds sophisticated,
Sometimes Sister Sarah shrugs surreally.

written August 26, 2021
[playing with words when my muse
was stubbornly aloof!]...

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When the owl screeches
 and the wolf howls,
the mouse lies quietly in the field.

Is it the influence of the moon,
a demonstration of anger,
or celebration?

For the mouse cares not
the reason.

His destiny the same,
whether the owl or the wolf,
he fulfils their need....

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Almost weightlessly you glide across the waves,
with the wind our friend and foe.
Using nature as the power of our ways,
hoping the waves stay low.
The mast cracks and screeches,
when the wind shows her fury.
Then you wish for beaches.
SUMICLES my boat you are anything but dreary....

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She dubs
worn thin
sounds
that assault
bounce back
further spread
in barbed spikes
of dark and
ruby delicacy 

mutters
of consternation
furthermore, 
panics
she will
break or
go down 
in tears

screeches
 fill her
dreams
her mouth
her ears

August 06, 2022...

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Again she steps out
Oh,
Fresh banana...!

She screeches,she beckons
Blinking,winking.

Acrobatics.. .
Monkey,if tales befet fate
Who cares?

They hop from tree to tree
They wink or blink to serve
They twist or couch,to catch.
In the twillight,they bluff
In the forest,they swarm....

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“When the owl sings, the night is silent.” – Charles de Leusse

The midnight darkness starts to settle over the river bay
As a great horned owl glides across searching for its prey
The moon illuminates the hungry raptor's wings in flight
As his screeches hauntingly echo along the river tonight
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The truth is whispered in the wind.
  A lone eagle screeches
  Calling out 
  "Remember the persecuted". 

  Men, women and children
  cast out
  Into the Scottish winter.
  Despairing to God

  Sheep now graze
  Over the dereliction.
  Scottish  blood 
  Still spatters the heather.

  Amen...

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up by the window stair
the night owl screeches by
out in the opal night
stretching across the sky

up by the old tin roof
i hear the lady call
out in the darkest night
she bids me to fall

up by the paling moon
when the nightly death does spake
out in the cold cold night
the lady comes my soul to take...

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unhurried buffalo sits in a corner of the prairie
watching things happen in slow intervals
hearing birds' tweets, cheeps, screeches and whistles
enjoying the sun warming his back,
recognizing nature's beauty in a soulful way
understanding the season and the climate
thanks to God's gift to him of many observant years...

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Walking in street lights
Loud screeches of fancy cars
People want to go.

Whispers turn to scream
Mad people making wild cheers
Wild sounds everywhere.

Glowing traffic lights
Playing different colors
Trucks are passing by.

Just no direction
Where they are about to go
A busy night life.


note: 2nd attempt...

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