Poems written for Promptly Poetry Years Two and Three. Year three is four poems short of being complete but, having reached 100, I have run out of room in this book for the last few of 2023. This overflow will be consigned to the previous collection of Promptly poems, named Promptly Poetry.
Hoot owl on the wing,
silent in the night,
searching dark places,
innocents abroad,
secret rodent prey,
added to the hoard,
downy nestlings wait,
all of one accord.
Named for whispered death,
feathered Damocles,
dark-robed she races,
hunger on her breath,
murder in her heart,
stealthiest Macbeth,
nature’s sharpened sword,
nightly her reward.
Line count: 16
Form: Octameter
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 38 2023
Prompt: Topic poet’s choice, form Octameter - 16 lines divided into two stanzas of 8 lines each. Each line has a syllable count of 5. The set rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d g/h/c/g/i/g/d/d.
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