Dark Sentiments 2012 – Day 24: A Choir of Crows
Posted By Randy on October 24, 2012
A Choir of Crows
By LFM
Deep within a forest once
I heard the strangest thing.
What must have been a hundred Crows
Had gathered there to sing.
What some might find disturbing
And offensive to the ear,
I heard to be an ode of joy
To all that Crows hold dear.
Curious, I closer crept
To watch the swirling choir,
And seek to learn what wondrous thing
Such passion could inspire.
Then as though it would explain
This joyous song to me,
One member of the choir came down
To perch where I could see.
Within its beak it held a ring
That glittered in the sun,
And through it was the finger
That the ring had rode upon.
With twinkling eye my messenger
Seemed calling me to follow,
And soon atop a hill I came
To gaze into a hollow.
The winter wind was at my back,
So not the slightest breath
Of charnel stench assailed my nose
Affording news of death.
Yet fifty men or more slept there
On crimson beds of snow,
Beneath the serenade of joy
Well known to every Crow.
The Crows sang on, as they will do
Whenever sabres rattle,
For such as they know more than most
The greatest joy of battle.
I have no doubt that you are putting a complete compilation of your poetry into a formidable format for all to view in one fine place.
Indeed I am – The Book of Dark Sentiments – and I will no doubt be calling upon you to bend your mind to a review.
Definitely get that to me.
Count on it.
quote the raven never more
Everything has its day even crows , as all is recycled in this universe.
Another Dark Sentiments poem from my genius husband!
Excellent, Randy! 🙂
Every time I encounter anything regarding Crows, interact with them, or write about them, I think of you Laurie.
I love it..
Nice ode to Crows, definitely an underrated and under-appreciated bird
I’ve always felt a kinship with Crows and Ravens. It’s said that, if people were birds, not many of them would be smart enough to be Crows.
[…] now it should be well known that I hold Crows and Ravens in the highest regard. They’ve inspired me more than a few times, and hold every promise, as with any Esteemed Friend, of continuing to do so. […]