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Opera of the Raven

I fly Blood flows like a river below I dance Scattered bones I dance Crows feast on dead souls I dance The moon becomes full The night becomes a stage The curtain drops I sing Capella from the chapel of the stars Andante so they all die a slow painful death Inert bodies pile under the stage I fly away

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Cherl Dunn

Date: 6/21/2014 8:24:00 PM

So I'm pleased that you like my rewrites so far I have along way to go though, I might not be done until spring I think. It's very time consuming work. But I will be posting alot of them as I go any poem with a 2 next to the name is a rewrite just to let you know. lol I have six hundred or so now you why so long. cheri

Cherl Dunn

Date: 6/21/2014 8:20:00 PM

This is a poem of a dark sinsister moody flavor, almost to despairing, my friend but your imagery is outstanding, though we need the dark as well as light poetry, it's almost becoming a lost art so we must keep poetry alive at all costs for the future and we need poets of your quality to teach others to come this dying art. I wanted to answer your comments, The stage was written for an old native legend I read about years ago, I think I nailed it. lol

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/28/2014 10:16:00 AM

Thanks as always for your kind words Cherl!!

Casarah Nance

Date: 6/18/2014 3:42:00 PM

Ooh you give me chills!!! :)

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/28/2014 10:15:00 AM

and thrills!

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 6/17/2014 12:22:00 PM

i find the ending a lil funny one.. :O for maybe i imagine:) but its all scary one!

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 6/18/2014 4:21:00 PM

yes cause i imagine someone really get so shocked that immediately run away freaking out.. but totally the whole poem is so scary and frightening..!!!!

Arthur Vaso
Date: 6/17/2014 9:42:00 PM

Its only funny if you are not one of those under the stage!!!