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
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Алексей Толстой – Слова для мазурки
- On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, Deceased Dec. 16, 1646 poem – John Milton poems
- Poetic Justice by Robby Charters
- Олег Бундур – На высоком берегу
- Константин Бальмонт – На мотив псалма XVIII-гo
- With A Copy Of Shakespeares Sonnets On Leaving College
- Collage by Martine Morillon-Carreau
- Виктор Гюго – Без книги в мире ночь и ум людской убог
- Михаил Кузмин – Возможно ль: скоро четверть века
- Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand
- A Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady by William Cowper
- St. Roach by Muriel Rukeyser
- Василий Лебедев-Кумач – Закаляйся
- Наталья Шевченко – Он не в себе
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
