Thursday, 28 July 2016

Wendy Videlock: The Owl



Beneath her nest,
a shrew's head,
a finch's beak
and the bones
of a quail attest

the owl devours
the hour,   
and disregards   
the rest.


Published 2009. A kind of Walter de la Mare-ish nursery rhyme feel - or an almost nighmarish jingle on nature's ruthlessness.

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