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 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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: 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/[email protected]/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/ --
