Dresden's Midnight Raven

This poem was written for The Raven Contest. The title says it all.

Dresden's Midnight Raven

 

 

'Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary,'

 

I heard Allied bombers roar.

Through a silence that was eery,

there droned more than heretofore.

With eyes teary, sad, and bleary,

I fled to my basement floor

where a raven, dark and cheery,

hid within my haven's core.

I inquired, in ways leery,

Dresden's fate in this cruel war,

shall our Fuehrer fall, my deary?

 

'Quoth the raven, "Nevermore!" '

Reviews

[Nusquam Esse]

First of all, I am impressed with how long you kept up that rhyming scheme (and fit it all between two fo the most well known lines from the Raven to boot!) I often get annoyed at the lack of poetry on this site which seems to challenge itself, and openly scorns the idea of form, structure, and word play; so this was quite refreshing. Second, I love your rendition of the Raven here; I mean, those last two lines are hilarious!

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your detailed review, Nusquam Esse! This poem was written for a Raven contest. I had to include those top and bottom lines to win the contest. Necesity is the mother of invention.

[Nusquam Esse]

Did it win?

[Aethereal]

Yes, it won first prize!

[Nusquam Esse]

Nicely done! Thanks for the review.

[bobc]

A...like this one very much. Good entry for The Raven Contest. ...bobc

[Aethereal]

Thanks bobc! But for the Raven contest it would never have been written.

[Great Aunt Astri]

I read this with great admiration It is a beautifully constructed poem and is much more than a song.
Loved it

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your beautiful review, Astri! Hopefully weapons of mass destruction "Nevermore!".

[Great Aunt Astri]

I ditto that, we can but hope

[SquinklaPsyOps]

The raven in the shelter as if saying
"join me you have nowhere to run"
or maybe the raven interfering
from your salvation to try to change your mind
thinking that the character in the poem was scared,
or maybe the raven trying to give you support.

Or the raven could be a metaphor of the subconcious spirit.

Applause, great poem scenario.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your detailed review, SquinklaPsyOps! This raven is more like a subconcious spirit. It looks like there's gonna be another bombing in the Middle East. The wars never seem to end. This is a very busy raven.

[lee von cleef]

the fire in the Bombs light the way for Ravens to Take
and flight or Fight ,they did and me narrow on the path stood
Rock still on the path
fear not allowing ,
Fear it's Self.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for this poetic expression, lee! The Ravens were guided by such.

[Inspiring Writer]

Nice RHYMING poem you made, beautifully captured every moment in words. It's a splendid write, great job once again.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Inspiring Writer! It wouldn't exist, but for the raven contest that motivated it into being. Thank the Raven evermore!

[Inspiring Writer]

Your welcome !
Ok.. so it was for contest, well hope you'll win that contest ;)

[Sami Khalil]

Well penned. Well done ...Well conveyed...:)

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Sami! This was my poem about a bird this month. The raven contest is still on if you want to enter a bird of your own there.

[Sami Khalil]

I'm fine . Thank you though. A good one indeed...Have a great one...:)

[Rita L. Sev]

Well done! A sad chapter of history retold with a Poe-esque flair.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Rita! Poe's raven has a way of getting in between the pages of those sad chapters of human history.

[Aziz Luther]

An amazing poem. One of those written in a more classic manner that as a beginner in writing poetry I find very interesting and very deep.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Aziz! With Poe, deep leads to deep.