Saturday, April 04, 2009

Snowy Owl

Shadow of death, silent as breath,
White on white, soul of night
New moon dreamer, star namer,
Omen caller, pattern closer,
Who hooter, I listen for my name.

Victoria Sullivan Hendricks
April 4, 2009

3 comments:

Judy Roney said...

This is chilling, Victoria. I associate the white owl with my brother, Bob ,now. He befriended one in Navada when he camped out there. I will have to look up the legend of the snow owl now.

Mary said...

I agree with Judy. Chilling. I like the sounds and rhymes with in. Short. Subtle.

Diane T said...

Ooooh! Gives me shivers, Victoria! Beautiful writing. Makes me think of that book "I Heard The Owl Call My Name" as I'd mentioned to you in email.