caw clawing murder
fight over limp carrion
crows can’t hide in snow
are they perpetrators or
black market opportunists?
omnivorous
11 Dec 2024 Leave a comment
in tanka Tags: carrion, caw, claw, crows, murder, snow
brevity
29 May 2024 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: baby robin, death, grief, hope, lawn, May, murder
grass grows like mad in may
failing to see his brother, i
commit murder with mower.
ashamed…i finish lawn only
to flee indoors from grieving
parents frantically hopping…
hoping a better future for this
adolescent on the edge of life
and flight training; he chirps
mournfully, poops on the deck
railing…still reeling, he flies low
to refuge under lilac’s shadow…
i pray the cats don’t find him.
sudden dread
16 Jun 2020 31 Comments
in haiku, imagism, Uncategorized Tags: beaks, crow, fight, murder, roadkill
carrion crow’s flight
wings chop air with whirring sound
caw cacophony
swoop down to murder
sharp beaks jab at feast and mates
fight over road kill
I added a second haiku to join dVerse poets as we revisit “imagism”; MTB (meeting the bar) challenge hosted by Frank J. Tassone…check it out!
veni, vidi, vici ?
16 Apr 2015 17 Comments
in triolet Tags: city, claim, crow, murder, snow
“I now claim this city as mine,” triumphs Snow,
chilling stones of old buildings and streets.
“All seasons belong to me,” caws the Crow.
“I’ve staked claim to this city as mine,” warns Snow.
“My brothers and I’ll push you out!” threatens Crow,
from dead tree where plotting crows’ murder meets.
“I will leave this city behind,” murmurs Snow,
dying pack on stone buildings and streets.
NOTES:
A fable fit loosely in triolet form... and loosely fits Anna's "diction"
prompt at d'Verse poetics.
I like the "sound" of Caesar's Latin for the title and find"murder" of crows intriguing.
Also incorporated "brothers" idea from earlier prompt.
photos by lynn, Jerusalem 2015
a poem in my pocket 
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