Wednesday, October 15, 2014

DMC: "A Field Mouse Meets an Owl at Midnight" by Laura Purdie Salas




A Field Mouse Meets an Owl at Midnight

I hear the hollow warning call
just before a 
feathered 
sky
drops down around 
my small 
cry.
EEK! I squeak. It's 
no good-
bye–

© 2014 Laura Purdie Salas. All rights reserved.


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11 comments:

  1. I love feathered sky and the imagery of this encounter.

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  2. I also love that 'feathered sky', oh my!

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  3. Love this one and the pictures it evokes!

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  4. I am in awe of how sensory rich this short poem is-- the hollow call, the feathered sky, the squeaked EEK-- and that you've managed to tell a complete story in this captured moment. Don't get me started about how clever your ending is too! So well done, Laura.

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  5. Poor mousie! Love the feathered sky, the clever good-bye.

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  6. I "EEK" for this poor mouse pip-squeak. His goodbye is cut off! Excellent zeno, Laura!

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  7. Thanks, you guys. I am LOVING this new form:)

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  8. "Feathered sky." Beautiful image. I like this very much.

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  9. THanks, Rosi (that was the phrase that kind of led me into the poem! Thanks, Michelle, for sharing my zeno:>)

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  10. I had the same thought as Buffy! Love your imagery, Laura!

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