Nature Ravens Poems

murder in the field
or is it an unkindness —
it’s conspiracy...

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a procession

shadowed ravens watch 
depressive day turns
the winds bring Frost 

Skelton branches clutch 

Ghosts dance after the fall 
The procession crawls 
To the point of...

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On a cold crisp winter morning, 
38 degrees, no wind, no ice, 
With sunrise still minutes away,
Not bothered by the chilly air
Noisy ravens squawk and...

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Hankering hordes of hungry hovering hawks haunt hoodoos in Utah. 
Underfed California condors cruise canyon cataracts for corpses.
Nesting, starving swallows swiftly search for slime and...

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My home is on the farthest ramparts
And in the darkest of canyons deep 
Where scanning vultures circle my keep. 

My home is in the hottest...

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rewrite of former poem

We are shiny sleek, black birds, 
don’t underestimate our wit,
we are of the corvid family, 
the most "intelligent,"

We are passerines, 
the largest...

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When it comes Springtime lambing on the farm
The bleating sheep send out distress alarm

For the black ravens and carrion crow
Locate their prey and glide in...

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Ravens scream at each other

   is she really mad?

      do birds cry?







for Dr. Ram Mehta's Quinzaine contest
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Ravens Flying high
Black wings  Gliding on currents
Intelligent bird...

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Before me he stands
A figure of man
On reflection i see
What other ravens can

He changes on will
A dark flier he becomes
Whether he flies by the moon
Or...

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Silence breaks from atop the ancient Oak
I discern his small waiting shadow
Where others glimpse only spired branches
Tossing against the cerulean skyline
Sharp eyes of obsidian depths
Follow...

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Pastel Ravens (Ghazal)
by Sunny

Crystal rivers raging storm, whisper pastel ravens
Sing unto hearts of highlights form, pastel ravens

Shadow light spirits floating on high.
Simple elegant passion, precious...

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From out the copse of gnarling trees,
As nature blinked a rapid eye,
The raven lashes took to flight
Tumultuous in the darkened sky;
And roaring as their flock...

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