Tree Crow Poems

"The Crow Bar"

she said,
here I bury my dead,
you can hear them sleeping
somnulent forget-me-nots,
snoring blithely unaware,
in neat rows between 
the thick,
ink injected lines,
their soiled lives
ploughed and...

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Cardinal had his eye on the crow
But she said, “not cardinal, not ever, whoa!”
Crow had her eye on Wren who was sweet.
Wren never pigged out,...

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Crossing the creek, thawing waters,
slide among the ice chips;
naked sentinels stretch to touch the 
heavens. Dressed in their translucent wraps.
Snowflakes crunch beneath our boots
as a...

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HOMOPHONE RHYME STYLE TRIAL 2

I saw a murder with my one good eye
A loud one too. What was the cause?
Commotion in the tree, thought I
Judging...

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Have you ever heard a crow caw in the dead of night
Never the thought crossed my mind until such was my plight
In the bright of...

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It’s late in the morning the squirrels have let me know
Its time for their breakfast, peanuts on the side porch
On the railings near where the...

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The young crow came and looked me in the eye,
Cocked his head and gave his wicked cry.
It seemed he slowly slipped into my mind,
Laughed his...

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It was summertime and the day was turning red,
The freesia hours had gone past in loveliness;
And upon a limb sat a black crow with a...

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I am more than just a black bird called a crow
I like to play, prank and even steal things as I go
I mimic sounds and...

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crows nest on dense tree
covered by leaves that surround~
squirrel runs on wire...

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Owl, falcon, raven, crow.
Something dark against the snow.
What kind of bird? We disagree.
It makes a gorgeous shadow though against this tree.

We get closer, hoping to...

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Why do you still flee from me, friend Crow?
I can clearly see you, don’t you know?
High up in my tree, your black wings show!
Fly down...

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In my yard, chitter-chatter resounds;
grey squirrels ordering me to, 
leave the pears on the ground for them.
I glance slowly upwards, 
seeing one nearly fall from...

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Early mornings, bright ice  blues as life wakens 
birds  and squirrels  scratching for seeds and nuts
black crows pound at the tree or...

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Crow Mornings


Early mornings, bright ice  blues as life wakens 

birds  and squirrels  scratch for seeds and nuts

black crows pound at the tree...

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