A Parliament of Owls

by Bänoo Zan | Apr 26, 2022 | Poetry | 0 |

by Bänoo Zan

A Parliament of Owls

Darkness
loves wisdom—

mystery eyelids
silent lake
bouquet of trees—

The beak
talks in feathers
rescues blood
from skin

The eye
mates with
truth

transcends
the bird

Photo by Agto Nugroho on Unsplash

About The Author

Bänoo Zan

Bänoo Zan is a poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor, and poetry curator, with more than 200 published poems and poetry-related pieces as well as three books, including Songs of Exile and Letters to My Father. She is the founder of Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night), Toronto’s most diverse poetry reading and open mic series (inception: 2012). It is a brave space that bridges the gap between communities of poets from different ethnicities, nationalities, religions (or lack thereof), ages, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, poetic styles, voices and visions.