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May 19th 2020

busy street raven spinning overhead audience of one ***

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/21/2020 8:05:00 PM

This haiku is something to crow about! :) gw

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:20:00 PM

I say hello to crows all the time. One got to know me a few years back, was learning to say hello. He had cat meows down pat. I called him/her Wordy Crow. I know I saw it a year or two later, they all look the same, but three crows didn't fly away when I walked within a mere few feet of them. xomo

Jeff Connelly

Date: 5/21/2020 12:19:00 PM

I've been the captive audience of many circling buzzards. Perhaps instead of crawling acting starved and needing water, I should follow Darwinism and go from homo erectus to homo sapiens. BUT at this time I'd rather just be a chimp or lemur. Just let me keep my opposable thumb. How would I twirl a spaghetti fork without one? Thanks always Pigeon Tart.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 12:32:00 PM

Oh I love the vultures too! Painted a bust of one once, titled Black Beauty, in which I emphasized the features suggesting the equine form. Yes amen for thumbs. I miss spaghetti. Wheat, pasta, one of the things I have given up for my brain. xomo

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/21/2020 8:56:00 AM

Yes, ones perspective changes everything.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 9:00:00 AM

Indeed. Looking at, or looking for. I look for, always. xomo

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 5/20/2020 9:52:00 PM

Love it... bless you dear friend... Love to you too.. ~ Gina

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:46:00 AM

Thank you Gina! Their aeronautical mastery takes my breath away every time. Hugs and blessings for a lovely day, xomo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/20/2020 9:04:00 PM

Pigeons are raven about this one! Smiles, gw

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/21/2020 8:57:00 AM

Cute comment Gershon.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:45:00 AM

Tee hee <3 The crows that were harassing the raven are jealous ;), xomo

Paul Callus

Date: 5/20/2020 5:10:00 PM

You have a keen eye, my friend!! You make up for all those who are too busy to see what 'gifts' there are around us! Regards // paul

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:44:00 AM

Beauty needs an audience! Thank you Paul, take care! xomo

Ilene Bauer

Date: 5/20/2020 3:40:00 PM

i love to watch birds, too, maureen! your poem captures that little moment so well...

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/21/2020 8:43:00 AM

Thank you Ilene. Hugs! xomo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 5/20/2020 1:42:00 PM

Aye, quite right, birds look best with a clear, blue sky background where their aerial performances astound! Aloha! Rico

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/20/2020 2:54:00 PM

I can't argue with that. Though, the raven dipping into the garbage bin on a busy downtown street not 3ft away from me as I biked by was just as thrilling, and again, I seemed to be the only bald ape to notice or care. Canucky hugs! xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 5/20/2020 8:03:00 AM

He who made the peacock also made the Raven! shalom, shalom (Look fwd to read your work on Cliteracy). Brava!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/20/2020 8:07:00 AM

He/She ;). Absolutely! I love all birds, none lowly to me. Thank you my brotherly friend, xomo!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/20/2020 7:53:00 AM

I often see these things too! My eyes spin poetry!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/20/2020 8:05:00 AM

I'm a pro at cycling while birding ;), I believe beauty needs an audience, and poets are some of the best observers ~ xomo! <3

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/19/2020 9:39:00 PM

Love that last line. It makes the poem!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/20/2020 6:37:00 AM

Thank you Caren! What is such aeronautic mastery without an audience? Just a bird I suppose. ;), xomo

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/19/2020 9:36:00 PM

Hmm, interesting contest of the busy street/audience of one - maybe you were the only one watching the raven?

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/20/2020 6:36:00 AM

I usually am ;), xomo!