mandag den 5. januar 2026

Poetry Monday :: Favourite Animal

Poetry Monday - what's that? It is a blogging game, that Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I have taken over the hosting duties, mostly the supplying of the prompts - only temporarily we hope - while Diane at On the Border is taking a break for health and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.  We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

The prompts now come from 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group. This is a Facebook group with a prompt for each day of the year, but no worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog.

Today's prompt is
Favourite Animal.

My favourite animal is no secret. Owls of course. Here's a ramling poem on owls.


I am fond of owls,
An angry owl that scowls
And  gentle owls in cowls,
A crabby owl that howls
A sneaky owl that prowls
I'm fond of every owl,
as long as they're not foul.

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Hvad er Mandagsdigtet? Det er en blogleg, som Mimi fra Messymimi's Meanderings og jeg har overtaget - midlertidigt! - fra Diane, der slapper af og rejser verden rundt med sin mand. Vi håber hun er parat til at tage over igen, når hun kommer hjem.
     Stikordene kommer nu  fra
365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts. Det er en Facebook-gruppe, der udgiver et stikord til hver dag i året, men bare rolig, stikordene vil stadig være at finde både her og på Mimis blog.

Dagens stikord er:
Yndlingsdyr.

Det kommer næppe son en overraskelse for nogen, at mit yndlingsdyr er ugler.
Her er et ikke spor fantastisk vrøvledigt i dagens anledning med yndlingsdyr og sne.


Ugler der skuler
til ugler i huler,
er ikke spor rart.
Men se,
vi har sne.
Så sker det snart,
at uglerne smiler
til månen og iler
ud for at se
og lege med sne.

- - - - - -  - Coming Themes  - - - - - - - -

taken from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group.

Jan 12 Glacier
Jan 19 Piece of clothing
Jan 26 That one time
Feb 2 Bamboo
Feb 9 Carousel


11 kommentarer:

  1. Owls are amazing, I like them, too.

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  2. My oldest daughter loves owls and in the past I have given one or two owl ornaments as gifts for her garden.

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  3. I have a soft spot for owls, too. I think it stems from when I was a child. We lived next to a huge chicken barn where my father worked. At some point, a small barn owl died (I don't know the details) and at the time there was a taxidermist in a nearby town. The owl was thus preserved and we had it on a shelf in the living room for many years. Yes, I know, rather macabre in hindsight, but it made me appreciate the wonder of that species. Its head feathers were the softest thing I had ever felt.

    Kudos for keeping Poetry Monday alive, Charlotte (and Mimi)!

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    1. I have a stuffed owl watching over me from a shelf as I sit here. I think it's a cat owl. I don't find it macabre in the least way. My oldest son found a dead (frozen)hawk and had that one stuffed too. I hope he still has it.

      Thank you, I hope you're going to participate again some day, I miss your poems.

      Slet
    2. PS: Praying for you in these days.

      Slet
  4. Owls are my spirit animal so I love this poem, especially the different and endless variety you portray so well.
    XO
    WWW

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    1. Thank you.
      If I have a spirit animal - not something I contemplated before - I'm sure it is an owl, the big horned owl (Eagle owl) to be specific.

      Slet
  5. Anonymously Esther O'Neill, no signal, still, google doesn't understand that I can't pick up security texts.
    Official road signs run out long before the road reaches our house, but the tubs of vitamins for the sheep are scarlet. Just like last January, we have snow, but people seem surprised !
    ,

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    1. It is indeed strange that everybody everywhere seem surprised by snow in winter ;)

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