Best As The Crow Flies Poems

As The Crow Flies

Staring past the curtain,
At the vigilant crow upon the mast,
The creature unaware of a presence,
In a moment forever lost.

Unflappable in its endeavour,
A breather from its hunt,
A distorted view of the world,
Its cackle alerting its murder..... of its next tenacious stunt!

Unperturbed by darkness,
Its...

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As the crow flies

I died. No child under nipple. No child under bib.
I died. Without ever having loved or been in love.
I died as the crow flies. Straight and placid.
I died. unmanned, in holster, uninhabited.
I died coralled up in moments, to tangeled to give an...

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the universe was not built in straight lines ~ only humans cut corners

By
David Kavanagh...

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moist cinnamon bark

infused fragrance levitates -

monsoon descends time


rice fields lie flooded

draft windswept change into roots -

rise to the challenge


tea leaves take shelter

swell burgeoning impatience -

cusp spring’s prophesies


seasons scent chances

tease taste bud’s fluid advance -

crow scares wet footing


22th May 2020...

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As the crow flies
the pig sighs
as the doughs rise
the twig cries

as the grass grows
the freckle knows
as the moss shows
the heckle throws

as the pig tries
the child lies
as the wig glows
The tale grows...

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