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Reposted by David L O'Nan (Fevers of the Mind)

Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Here’s ‘Owl’s Terse Reply’ from my new poetry collection ‘This Joyful Interlude’, out now ✨ Previously published by @feversof.bsky.social Book links (or pm me for a signed copy) UK amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FWKQBX77 US amazon.com/dp/B0FWKQBX77 CA amazon.ca/dp/B0FWKQBX77 #poem #poems #poetry #books

Owl's Terse Reply

I maunder out most nights, converse with Owl,
to many eyes demure and self-contained;
still underneath my skin, there lies a scowl,
this less than perfect human I remain,
surrounded by uncertainties, cocksure,
mislaid through complications sometimes mine
(light-headed from strange yarns I've spun before,
true tales yet to unfold along the line)
and in the depths of slumber, I ascend
as if one's mortal soul could be redeemed,
Owl's terse reply more toothsome time portend;
from stormy chills, tomorrow's landscape green.

If only sympathetic heart would lend
its upside downs and all beats inbetween.

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