Beware!

Corvids are indeed dark creatures.

Ravens

are nobody's friend.

Their black feathers

tar the sky

as their hollow eyes

fix upon the ground

and they seek to

fill insatiable beaks

with garbage, rodents,

the eggs and nestlings

of other birds,

and the dead flesh

of carrion.

 

15/10/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Kaede16]

I'm actually really fond of crows and ravens. They are extremely intelligent creatures and can make excellent companions. Make me a bit sad they always make them out to be a bad omen.
However, the poem was very vivid. Well penned :)

[Einstein Noodle]

bruuuuuuuuahahahahahaha! i'm scared now my friend! well done ... beautiful dark poetry .. and i love crows and ravens ... so powerful they are omens in many cultures ... i can not help but pay attention to their raucous warnings and cries .. really like your "Beware!"
E.
ps. interesting song choice .. much more subtle in tone than i had expected .. but dark non-the-less

[kentuck14]

Ah . . . quotheth the raven!!!! Gotta admit there an ugly bird . . . almost as much as the turkey buzzard here in the states.
T

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Nowhere near as ugly as that turkey buzzard me thinks. Synister yes but magnificent birds. Many thanks.

[Dave Brown]

Just bumped into a buncha your poems
I don't mean to be argumentative but, ravens greet me each time I walk out the front door and I have come to quite enjoy them
Is that a personality disorder

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed my psychiatrist insists corvid obsession is a major mental illness and sufferers should never be left to feather their nests or be egged on! PS My garden is full of corvids and they are magnificent if a little sinister!

[barleygirl]

Given the current political conundrum in the USA, it's hard not to see an analogy here . . . when a raven shows you what he is, believe it (as the old saying goes). There aren't any ravens dining on caviar . . . love the gritty details you inject! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I think our political systems worldwide are predicated by such corvids. Clever lords who use us as cannon fodder. Many thanks Margie!

[wordman]

keep great britain clean,et a raven

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed I bet they taste good, a cross between an eagle and a pigeon! Cheers Ron!

[wordman]

i doubt it john,and i meant get a raven,they eat the garbage and dead stuff

[Terpsichore]

I know a few Ravens; not necessarily the feathered kind either.

T

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You know ravens? Lucky you.

[Terpsichore]

The ones I know wear sharp suits and are most definitely insatiable. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ah sharp suits are a dead give away!

[gram linski]

loved the Poe like quality of but am fairly certain ravens have black beaks, lol

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed they do but having used black once I took it upon myself, in a short poem, somewhat rashly and unwisely to use poetic licence. However dear brother I was in a rush and as such made a hurried decision. Given your eagle eye I have reviewed this disaster and decided to f**k off to Milton Keynes! Cheers bro.

[CLR9]

Stew, I had a dream about the black lady again. Yep, yep I've been havin em too. (Then the old dude who plays candy in Of Mice and Men says) calls himself Randall Flagg.

Great story gordy

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Poe might disagree---but the darkness of Ravens is like the darkness being Poe's friend...
maybe our friend when Midnight is so dreary because we have memories that scavenge in our minds and hearts.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed those memories, that guilt, hangs like a raven in our minds, black and foreboding. Many thanks Jacob.