The febrile imaginings of a blind owl
fill a breezy meadow
with hallucinatory mice.
The monkey couldn't catch the moon in a net
but when he gave up and dipped himself a drink
there it was in the bucket.
If you hear saints, like Jeanne d'Arc
come join me at the Blind Owl Club
for a glass of moonjuice and an
imaginary mouse kebab—
we'll argue about prophecy and truth,
ponder the significance of pigeon entrails
and at 3 AM when we pack it in and stagger
drunken into the street, arm in arm with our shadows
the taxi will arrive like a flash of revelation
and the driver grins: "Where to?"
--from Poefusion's title: Febrile Imaginings of a Blind Owl
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The Blind Owl Club
Labels:
free verse,
poetry
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3 comments:
Tiel, I love it, great poem. What imagination comes to the page. Beautiful. Have a nice night.
A great sense of humor comes through in this poem. You skillfully wove spirituality into the scene. Wonderful.
nicely surreal, excellent first stanza
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