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The Barn Owl by ~crockyr2007:iconcrockyr2007:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Nature > Sonnet


The Barn Owl

As white as a moonlight poltergeist
He glides silently through the night
With a mind full of wisdom and rife
His body shines with a majestic light
With individual string like wings
That flare with an almighty glow
Invincible from pain, but not from his mind doth stings
And from his crushed mind he lets it all go
Roams the earth looking for answers that have no questions
Seeking and searching for what is not there
Fleeting and fleeing with no need for digestion
And now on his head lies a wreck of which was hair
But yet so beautiful is the one who roams the earth
And of which that splendour has surged within from birth

Richard Burnham
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Author's Comments

I wrote this ages ago, I'm thinking of entering it into my coursework for the original piece as part of my four poems.

The whole poem is basically a play on words of the way I look at the world - ummmm yeah... quite black and white and a lot of imagination thrown in. There is no punctuation as it is a flight of an owl at night and the lack of punctuation symbolises the freedom of the owl, again a view of mine.

Anyway, any comments would be apreciated, thanks.

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~freija2000 Feb 27, 2008, 1:08:10 PM
It's lovely~ I'm a sucker for poetry and I adore sonnets, haha ^^;
You should definitely submit it as coursework, I'm sure Mrs Sharkey will be very pleased with it, the vocabulary is beautiful and it flows so very nicely =)

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Phoenix Wright wouldn't object to this, that's for sure.

:damphyr: Sally
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Mood: Flirty ~babyjade-x Feb 27, 2008, 1:08:13 PM
I had to do a sonnet today on a special person lets say i havent finished my 14 lines yet lol

That is actually amazing, you should really put that in for your coursework!

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~crockyr2007 Feb 28, 2008, 9:11:02 AM
Aw thanks, it took a while to write but I like it.

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine
Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made.
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Mood: Happy ~freija2000 Feb 28, 2008, 12:45:15 PM
No problem~ =)

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Phoenix Wright wouldn't object to this, that's for sure.

:damphyr: Sally
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~rbetty Mar 1, 2008, 12:09:08 PM
This is awesome, I love it! ^-^ I think you should use it for your coursework =]

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~crockyr2007 Mar 1, 2008, 12:15:01 PM
Perhaps... Perhaps... Mrs S would probarly disagree but we shall see...

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine
Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made.
:frog::comic::frog::comic::frog::comic::frog::comic:
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~rbetty Mar 1, 2008, 12:27:52 PM
lol, I'm sure she wouldn't! She loves poetry! =D

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