Uneasy Murder Of Crows Poem by Susan Williams
Uneasy Murder Of Crows
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uneasy murder of crows
rising together against the sky
black wings shimmering in the heat
wheeling high then swooping low
until there was a row of crows
perched on the wing of the school
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and across the street the redbone hound whined
and hobbled slowly and arthritically up the porch steps
and lay himself carefully down
by the vacant rocking chair.
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~~~~~~~~©2019 susan williams
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Robert Murray Smith! ! ! Loved your comment and I am very happy to hear you enjoyed this poem! ! ! Tis music to the ears!
Susan, Much better than a gaggle of geese or even pack of wolves your 'uneasy murder of crows' " redbone hound whined and hobbled slowly and arthritically up the porch steps and lay himself carefully down by the vacant rocking chair." QtR
A gaggle of geese would seem at first glance to be laughable as an subject of fear and desperation.... which means you never had a neighbor ask you to feed their geese while they were gone.... one goose on a rampage is far more fearsome than a pack of hungry wolves... I shall have to write a horror poem on that late afternoon under the gloom of a gray November day.... :)
Hi Kevin. Like you, my granddaughter loves and praises crows every chance she gets. I dislike them because they attack the sparrows' nests in my big fir tree and kill the babies. But the sparrows are a courageous little bird==they chase the huge crows away, swooping down on them, crossing their flight paths, and giving warning to other birds and squirrels. Thank you for finding this poem haunting- that was my intent! ! !
I do think crows get a bad rap, their actually very intelligent and prescient creatures not like those rats we call Gulls. Still you make it very haunting, I don't know why but I'm reminded of Tom Waits Murder in the Red Barn, just in terms of Gothic imagery. I think Poe would approve.
Like you, my granddaughter loves and praises crows every chance she gets. I dislike them because they attack the sparrows' nests in my big fir tree and kill the babies. But the sparrows are a courageous little bird==they chase the huge crows away, swooping down on them, crossing their flight paths, and giving warning to other birds and squirrels. Thank you for finding this poem haunting- that was my intent! ! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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There is something strange... crows and death... a single one or a murder of them.. a poem rich with unique imagery.
and hopefully it will stick in your memory==something ominous, something creeping around in the fog....