Doom's Omen

Fay Slimm.

 

 

Doom's Omen.

 

On nights like these when home-fires burn,
tainting with soot city-fused air,
I hear an owl from my lounge chair
and imagine talons sheathed but prepared. 

Thru' hedgerow haunts he no longer screams
but hunts now in crumbling walls
where once stood candelabra-lit halls
with satin-clad dancers below oaken beams.

On evenings like this a hungry owl swoops
after eyeing chance, wings collapse,
to pluck from hearths mesmerized rats
as dust again settles in castle's half-rooms.

From neon-bright roads an owl cry sounds
            like doom's omen to over-coveted houses.           

  • Author: Fay Slimm. (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 21st, 2022 03:09
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  • Doggerel Dave

    You've caught in poetic form the image I have of owls buried in my mind, Fay.

    • Fay Slimm.

      Pleased to know those owls in your mind Dave came alive for a moment rr two while reading Doom's Omen.

    • L. B. Mek

      'but hunts now in crumbling walls
      where once stood candelabra-lit halls'
      how we aspire to perfect that mansion
      knowing, inevitably it will eventually
      become just another decrepit ruin
      of once immovable ambition
      Time-wilted into yet another
      Nature reclaimed hunting grounds
      for those winged masters
      to once more, reign supreme!
      (how I missed your Genius, dear Fay
      thank you!)

      • Fay Slimm.

        Your comment adds a whole new view of why it is futile to think bricks and stones will not tumble in time to let nature in while owls and the like take over. Thank you dear friend for the thought you put into your reading and reviewing.

      • orchidee

        God write Fay.

        • Fay Slimm.

          Bles you Orchi - I think you meant to type Good for the write

          • orchidee

            Yes lol - good!

          • arqios

            Of mice and owls, a likely pair; one eats the other reproduces.

            • Fay Slimm.

              Ha - - so they do Rik - and when walls fall to ruin mice and owls, come winte,r know where to go for a bit of warm cover.

            • Neville


              and they do it all on silent velvet wings ... masters of night sky .. a splendid capture if ever there was .. x

              • Fay Slimm.

                Ah yes. - - owls are so beautifully feathered and don't they just silently wing toward food in relics like ruin - -- - so glad you enjoyed the read dear Nev............x

              • Bella Shepard

                This almost reads like a bedtime story for me. The imagery enhances beautifully the transient nature of what we covet, the owl being the constant. Loved it!

                • Fay Slimm.

                  I searched quite a while for the right image and so pleased you think it enhances the verse. Bless you dear Bella for stopping by and giving your views of what and what not to covet.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Wonderful words Fay, owls are magnificent birds and I have seen many of the UK varieties in the wild.

                  Andy



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