"Owl" (Seneca), total translation by Jerome Rothenberg and Richard Johnny John

h           h

i    o         o    i

g       o     o       g

h             o             h

h                                 h

o    THE OWL (1)    o

y    whose home was    y

a       in the hemlock       a

h                                         h

o                                              o

o                                                    o

o                   THE OWL (2)                  o

o                         could cure                         o

o                        by poison                        o

o                                                         o

o                                                    o

o             THE OWL (3)            o

o            a hollow tree           o

o          & whistling          o

o                                o

o                            o

o                     o

h               h