Comment from w.j.debi

Excellent

Well done. Good job with the rhyme and rhythm and with the form of the poem.I find owls fascinating and this is one kind I had nor heard of before. Beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, w.j.debi! I appreciate your comments. This owl has a mournful two-note call and the name Boobook is onomatopoeic. It is also sometimes called the Mopoke.

Comment from Spitfire

Excellent

You mastered this form in a tight and delightful poem of a species unknown in America. I love owls and this one sounds precious even if she is a stalker and has talons that pierce. The name alone captures my imagination.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Spitfire! I appreciate your comments. This owl has a mournful two-note call and the name Boobook is onomatopoeic. It is also sometimes called the Mopoke.

Comment from Bryana

Excellent

I love your poem and I also love owls.
Your description of the bird was excellent.
I like these...
Her pray, alert at water's edge,
will maker her fateful movement soon.

Very well written dear poet.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Bryana! I very much appreciate your comments.

Comment from FrannyG

Exceptional

Well, after quite a few readings, Tony, I simply cannot talk myself out of a six for this one. It is truly excellent especially the expert way you have used enjambment, not easy to do in a Pantoum. It is very atmospheric with great tension. Outstanding.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Franny! I very much appreciate your comments and your six-star rating.

Comment from DR DIP

Excellent

I love this! your descriptive words soaked in to the occasional metaphor is perfect. is this actually a species of owl? I live in Sydney and have never heard of this species? Oh I just read your notes!! wow well there you go!
I admire poets who can write to a discipline and parameters an still hold the reader within.
I am one of those readers...Congratulations and well written!
dip

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, dip! I appreciate your comments. This owl has a mournful two-note call and the name Boobook is onomatopoeic. The aboriginal people around Sydney call it the Bubuk.

Comment from ronnie k

Excellent

Boobook, very good comparison in my understanding this big bad Boobook is the boogie man that cause so much fright and sleepless night with children his PREY.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Ronnie! I appreciate your comments and your interpretation!

Comment from denhagan

Exceptional

This is a very nice pantoum poem, written in iambic tetrameter with great rhythm and rhyming throughout the poem, about the Boobook Owl of Australia.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Dennis! I appreciate your comments and your six-star rating.

reply by denhagan on 19-Oct-2013

You're very welcome,
Dennis

Comment from nancyjam

Excellent

I enjoyed your beautiful Pantoum about
the Boobook owl.
You weave the lines so well and I like that you
used enjambment so craftily.
also enjoyed the alliteration of "s" sounds in the first stanza and
"g" in ghost/gum

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Nancyjam! I appreciate your detailed comments. Delighted to hear that you enjoyed the poem!

Comment from Gungalo

Excellent

Okay Tony, a beautiful write about this little Boobook owl and certainly a few more Aussie words. I love this:

A wraith with staring hooded eye
suggested in the ghost gum tree,
her talons piercing death's small cry,
the Boobook owl kills silently.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Gungalo! I appreciate your comments and praise!

reply by Gungalo on 18-Oct-2013

Smiing

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

Good example of a pantoum. Nature is always a fitting topic for poetry, and this one brings a darker side, showing that death is necessary for life in this harsh world.

 Comment Written 17-Oct-2013

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reply by the author on 17-Oct-2013

Thanks for your review, Phyllis! I very much appreciate your comments.