The Raven, the Rook and the Crow

Cousins in flight
The skies their place
Black and grey plumage
With a different face
 
This genus Corvus
The colour of night
Passerine order
A wonderful sight
 
A pest to many
Nuisance to lambs
Natural progression 
In natures plans
 
As we roamed the lands
Viewed these birds
Helped their demise
Incredibly absurd
 
Colonisation has rid
These important birds
From the following islands
The sadness incurred
 
New Zealand, Hawaii 
And Greenland too
They are called a murder
Does that remind you!



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Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Peranteau Avatar
July 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM
I love this poetry James,..Poe and mine thoughts rang with this beauty of birds ! TY for inciting these thoughts which take this poet airborne in thought! james
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July 24, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Interesting writing about disappearing species. Will we be next? Sara
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