The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 3/29/08

[BlueIris]

For a certain Senator, who is always in my thoughts

"Dear Owl"

Dear Owl
you have big eyes

feathers that stick out in all different directions
you wake up

your panties are funny
You hear

the sounds words make
as they plead for life

that's all that remains
of the language of language

O Owl
among leaves

what is this forest
of "letters," black light

of unintelligible suns
I cannot see

who I am
who you are

the difference between good and evil
the end of human desire

how to tell the truth
and why

Is this my life
Are you in it

—Eugene Ostashevsky

[ismnotwasm]

1. I like this line

You hear
the sounds words make
as they plead for life

that's all that remains
of the language of language

That's awesome

I always like the symbolism of owls as well.

[BlueIris]

2. The person it makes me think of is an "owl"-like presence in the world.

Seems that way to me, anyway.

[BlueIris]

3. Kick.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear BlueIris...

What a mixture of real and metaphorical!

I like it!

Very strange, yet compelling...

Thank you!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

6. Yikes, C-Peg left a comment and I didn't even notice!

Hi, C-Peg!

[BlueIris]

5. Kick.