Night Moves

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Thu, 13 Nov 2014
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12 comments
 
Somewhere – far off
a tawny owl twooo wooos;
closer, closer still.
Wind shifts
a thicket of  reeds
through its melange of mist;
croons the creek
its sad, sweet lullaby
until – out of nowhere
(one who perfects the art
of this, here, now, of stillness –
absolute) stalks
the heron.
Closer, closer yet, the tawny,
as, within the tangled scrim,
a branch snags, and eyes – orbs, 
a lethal mix of ambergris
and antonyms
reflect –  become
the moon...only –
its darkling side
as darts, in vain,
the vole
as
lifts 
the heron;
head – black crowned
white streaked – 
yellow beaked... 
chasing a sun-shy sky’s
exorbitant beauty.
Certificate PG
Poem
Silver Spun Sand Poems
Nature

Comments

Submitted by lenchenelf on

...'

 within the tangled scrim,

a branch snags, and eyes – orbs, 

a lethal mix of ambergris

and antonyms

reflect –  become

the moon.'

 

By crikey lovely lass, tha' can conjure dark beauty!

Smashing.

best wishes

lena xx

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Gob-smacked...mesmiley  

Thanks, Lena.

Atb

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

So much in this intertwining nature story. You capture the essence of the night and it's exciting as well as beautiful. I'm hearing tawny owls every night at the moment. 

Loved this. 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

That's wonderful, Bee...about those tawnies.  More power to them...and to yousmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Love how the rhythm reflects the movements of the creature, beautiful pictures of life at night.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Philip.  Muchly.  Glad you thought so.

Tina

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

A grown up bedtime story! 'darkling side of darts' and 'sun-shy' are gorgeous. How the devil have you done the owl imprint on the page?

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Hi there, Vera...and whilst we're on the subject of owls, they sure do move in mysterious wayssmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by fatboy74 on

The parts Lena picks out are the parts I would have picked, this is a heck of a poem. Nice to see that forum post as well Tina, you were an inspiration to me when I came on to ABC and you are still creating magic. :)

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

fb - if there was one good reason why I posted this...it was to hear from you.  Thank you for noticing, for reading, and for your kind words.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I particularly liked the 'sun-shy sky’s exorbitant beauty', Tina. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Rhiannon...thought this one might be ' right up your street' as they say.  It seems I wasn't far wrong.  Many thanks for taking the trouble to pop by, and share your thoughts.

Tina