“I am fascinated by the pattern our lives make in the big picture of the universe in which we live. Our individual choices make up the whole design of the universe.” ~Catherine Coundjeris
Catherine lives in Frederick, Maryland. She is a former elementary school teacher and has also taught writing at Emerson College and at Urban College in Boston. Her poems and essays have appeared in various literary magazines.
Spotting a Snowy Owl
Spotting a snowy owl
I hope would grant 9 years
of clarity and wisdom.
My page on the iPad
is as white as a snowy owl,
blending into the icy northlands.
If only I could decipher the
marks upon her wing, I could
write something worth reading.
What would I read there?
Her story of decline?
Her numbers are plummeting
like other polar creatures.
The tundra is shrinking,
leaving no space to thrive.
Vulnerable to foxes and wolves
and man, a predator in her own right,
she tricks the eye with her whiteness.
Despite her famous beauty she is not seen
often and so even a thought in her direction
brings a blank page to life.
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