Wendy Videlock: The Owl

Beneath her nest,

a shrew's head,

a finch's beak

and the bones

of a quail attest

the owl devours

the hour,   

and disregards   

the rest.

Published 2009. A kind of Walter de la Mare-ish nursery rhyme feel - or an almost nighmarish jingle on nature's ruthlessness.