The Woods At Night
by May Swenson
The binocular owl,
fastened to a limb
like a lantern
all night long,
sees where all
the other birds sleep:
towhee under leaves,
titmouse deep
in a twighouse,
sapsucker gripped
to a knothole lip,
redwing in the reeds,
swallow in the willow,
flicker in the oak –
but cannot see poor
whippoorwill
under the hill
in deadbrush nest,
who’s awake, too –
with stricken eye
flayed by the moon
her brindled breast
repeats, repeats, repeats its plea
for cruelty.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Beloved Ireland by Walter William Safar
- The First Part: Sonnet 1 – In my first years, and prime yet not at height by William Drummond
- Lord when the wise men came from farr by Sidney Godolphin
- When Trust Fails… by Olaniyi Beloved Abimbola
- English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky. Чарльз Уэсли.
- Lady Weeping at the Crossroads by W H Auden
- I Don’t Know If History Repeats Itself by Yehuda Amichai
- The Recall by Rabindranath Tagore
- Two Songs By Sitara Of Kashmir
- Владимир Маяковский – Проверь, товарищ, правильность факта
- Haiku: His Little Drum by Monty Gilmer
- Olney Hymn 27: Welcome To The Table by William Cowper
- Atlantis by W H Auden
- Feeling Lucky to Be Irish
- Владимир Степанов – Праздник сентября
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