Owls!

(For Maya Grace)

Owls have deep and knowing eyes:

no wonder people think they’re wise!

Some are great and very tall,

but others are just short and small.

Without a doubt, they rule the dark,

but all that work is not a lark:

for there are owlets who await,

who need to eat both soon and late.

Even stealthy rats and rabbits

must fear those skillful hunting habits,

and if I chose to be a mouse,

I’d be afraid to leave the house!

The sounds they make, a big who-who,

will shake the forest through and through,

and signals that the owl’s nearby

watching all and perched on high.

So of the birds and other fowls,

I think my favorites are the owls!