Darkling: The Owl's Song Mystery_Gift_Guide ” the first of three

” the first of three loosely linked tales

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Darkling: The Owl's Song Mystery_Gift_Guide ” the first of threePrize winning poet and artist Catherine Hyde celebrates the magic of the night from dusk till dawn as she follows the owl's journey in a gorgeous gift book of full colour paintings. I turn to the old orchard where she hunts: a ghost glimmering sweet heart of the moon. Swooping between trees, a beating clock of claw and feather, hush winged, in half light As we sleep, the forest comes to life. The owl swoops. Moths dance in the moonlight, fireflies