Thanks Larry. A similar owl poem I must post that is my favorite: If the Owl Calls Again By John Haines
at dusk from the island in the river, and it's not too cold, I'll wait for the moon to rise, then take wing and glide to meet him. We will not speak, but hooded against the frost soar above the alder flats, searching with tawny eyes. And then we'll sit in the shadowy spruce and pick the bones of careless mice, while the long moon drifts toward Asia and the river mutters in its icy bed. And when the morning climbs the limbs we'll part without a sound, fulfilled, floating homeward as the cold world awakens. [GPI Email Logo 03.png] Kurt 518-898-9553 ext. 1558 From: bounce-121082929-75443...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121082929-75443...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Trachtenberg Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 5:12 PM To: NYS BIRDS Subject: [nysbirds-l] Barred Owl Doing some research for a game I play, I came across this poem that I thought you may all like (and I believe is OK to post), written in 2000 by Richard Wilbur a 2x winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, among other awards. May the upcoming CBC's yield a few. A Barred Owl - Poem by Richard Wilbur The warping night air having brought the boom Of an owl's voice into her darkened room, We tell the wakened child that all she heard Was an odd question from a forest bird, Asking of us, if rightly listened to, "Who cooks for you?" and then "Who cooks for you?" > Words, which can make our terrors bravely clear, Can also thus domesticate a fear, And send a small child back to sleep at night Not listening for the sound of stealthy flight Or dreaming of some small thing in a claw Borne up to some dark branch and eaten raw. Lawrence B. Trachtenberg | trachtenb...@amsllp.com<mailto:trachtenb...@amsllp.com> Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP 12 E. 49th Street, New York, New York 10017 | T: 212.521.3511 | F: 212.838.5505 NOTICE: This e-mail is intended only for the named recipient(s). It contains confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product information. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not disseminate, distribute or copy it or any attachments. Should you have erroneously received this e-mail, please notify the sender by replying to it or calling the phone number above and please delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. Thank you! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- This communication and any attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity named as the addressee. It may contain information which is privileged and/or confidential under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or such recipient's employee or agent, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited and to notify the sender immediately. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
