Owl See You--By Jan Allison--United Kingdom

Owl See You

Please don’t ruffle my feathers

It is very rude when you stare

I have the most sensitive hearing

And I know you are lurking there

I mainly venture out at night

For I really am quite shy

Many people don’t even see me

For I don’t make a noise when I fly

My head can turn 270 degrees

So my eyesight is extremely good

Under cover of dark I lurk in the shadows

So you may not see me in the wood

Jan Allison is a relative newcomer to poetry. She didn’t start writing poetry until her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery at the end of 2013. She wrote her first poem ‘Splendid Isolation’ whilst he was in hospital. Since then has discovered a love of poetry and has written over 500 poems. Jan also wrote collaboratively with her writing partner Darren Watson under the name Jadazzle United.