The Silent Owl .......... Haiku

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Ratleader

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0 posted 2003-11-13 02:12 PM

Lone owl, a spirit
curving across the moonlight,
carves his silent name.

passing shadows
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1 posted 2003-11-13 02:16 PM

I've seen him

Jason Lyle
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2 posted 2003-11-13 02:21 PM

Haunting and very cool.

Jason

suthern

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3 posted 2003-11-13 02:34 PM

I read this and hear wings whisper... so lovely! *S*

the_loner_23
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4 posted 2003-11-13 02:55 PM

I could picture the owl.

I liked this a lot.

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Sunshine

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5 posted 2003-11-13 03:32 PM

I've felt him.

Very good, Sir.

Dark Angel
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6 posted 2003-11-13 09:36 PM

I like this much Ed

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

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Magnus

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7 posted 2003-11-13 09:45 PM

Be careful.....owls love rats!

Excellent write, good choice of words.

Midnitesun

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8 posted 2003-11-13 09:48 PM

I'm enjoying this imagery.

Marge Tindal

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9 posted 2003-11-13 11:35 PM

Ed~
This is just some kinda EXCELLENT !!!
Just what Haiku is supposed to do ...
grab a moment and speak it~

I applaud you~

LOL @ Magnus~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
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Kaoru

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10 posted 2003-11-14 08:41 AM

Hats off to haikus by you.

Always great.

LeeJ
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11 posted 2003-11-14 08:50 AM

Once when I was 13, I was on my way to work...3 a.m. in the morning...worked at a bakery...I looked up and there sat a great white owl...I stopped, and felt so lucky and privilaged to have seen this white beauty. I couldn't move....didn't want to ever forget the sight...in time...his great white wings spread, and it seemed as if he looked down on me for a moment when he took off...
Slow motion ascended...he turned, then too flight...as I watched I felt sad at his leaving...but remember feeling so filled up with awe at the sight of him...pure white he was...and large...beautiful

I dunno, stupid I guess, but that's what I thought of while reading this.

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12 posted 2003-11-14 09:24 AM

That's the exact experience, LeeJ, but backward....when we saw him he was in the air, flying loops and swoops. Then he turned and went directly over us, descending toward the roof as if to land. He went out of sight and we didn't want to disturb him by running around trying to see if he landed up there. Big pale beauty and utterly silent in the air.

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vandana

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13 posted 2003-11-14 09:59 AM

enjoyed

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