The Owl
Between the intermission of sunlight and shadow is the eccentric owl,
A paradoxical symbol perched on its prairie horse at the mythological rodeo,
Adorned with a grim grimace and stoic gaze,
Embracing and embodying wisdom, knowledge and intellectuality conceived and perceived as
teachers or seers, per nocturnal personality,
Especially due to their supernatural reportage with Greek goddess Athena, in Greek Mythology Athena, the Goddess of
Wisdom, was embodied by an owl,
said to have sat on her blind side to help her see the truth better, underworld harbinger of medieval spirit literature,
they are also embodiments of death, darkness, mystery, and
Tragedy frequently showcased in Shakespeare’s literature, notably Julius Caesar,
as omens of death or calamity,
possessing dualistic qualities of wisdom and warning hence be weary of their company that
proffer a complex tapestry of celebratory elasticity and foreboding fraternity…
They can also be romantic allusions symbolizing solitude and introspection much like pensive poetic bards
conjuring up missiled missives as lymphatic literary marmalades…
Jacques Fleury is a Boston Globe featured Haitian American Poet, Educator, Author of four books and literary arts student at Harvard University online. His latest publication “You Are Enough: The Journey to Accepting Your Authentic Self” & other titles are available at all Boston Public Libraries, the University of Massachusetts Healey Library, University of Wyoming, Askews and Holts Library Services in the United Kingdom, The Harvard Book Store, The Grolier Poetry Bookshop, Amazon etc… He has been published in prestigious publications such as Spirit of Change Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Litterateur Redefining World anthologies out of India, Poets Reading the News, the Cornell University Press anthology Class Lives: Stories from Our Economic Divide, Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene among others…Visit him at: http://www.authorsden.com/jacquesfleury.–
