Tag Archives: murder of crows

Murder of One

Posted on April 18, 2022 by whimsygizmo

There’s a lone crow on a power (trip) line, squawking about somethingor other, and we’ve discovered there is nothing left to say. Somehow, we are both here (there, anywhere, nowhere) too lateand too soon. Our only remaining evidence: this chalk outline moon. :: It’s Quadrille Monday over at … Continue reading →

Posted in Quadrille | Tagged chalk, chalk outline moon, counting crows, crows, moon, murder of crows, poeming in chalk | 39 Comments

Rear Window

Posted on April 14, 2021 by whimsygizmo

image here The crows are contemplating murder(again) , and I am their only witness. ::

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a murder of crows, April PAD 2021, attempted murder, crows, murder of crows | 3 Comments

small murder in the parking lot

Posted on August 1, 2019 by whimsygizmo

awwww, sorry buddy, I say to the quite dead crow on my way into vons. he’s a black asphalt pancake now, but i wonder if aliver-him was there for spice, or salt. not his fault everything’s moving so fast. .. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged counting crows, crows, if we could talk to the animals, murder of crows, parking lot poems | 3 Comments

ink in thirds

Posted on February 1, 2018 by whimsygizmo

.. A premeditated murder of smallish crows holds the morning in its ebony breath as they mutilate the sky. .. Also thanks to Grace, found a new fun place to poem – thursdays at ink in thirds. Come play!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 3-line poems, breathing in three lines, counting crows, ink in thirds, murder of crows, sky songs | 2 Comments

Still Pondering Crows

Posted on March 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. She knows there are other things to pause and poem (the light in that window there, the flapping rooster man on the corner, the whisper of snails) , but she cannot seem to get past the ebony apostrophes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birds on a wire, black heart, Blue, counting crows, crows, morning poems, murder of crows, quoth the ravens, ravens, sun | 5 Comments

suspended moment

Posted on March 16, 2017 by whimsygizmo

(a leaky bit of moonlight) under a dark-haired driven threadbare quilted sky, driven bursts of clawing breath and the muted cry of unglazed small -boned crows dreaming murder, death – muffled blooms and fretful sleep. .. Cool visual … Continue reading →

Posted in Miz Q Prompts, moon poems | Tagged crows, ekphrastic, fretful sleep, Miz Q weeklies, Miz Quickly, moonlight, muffled blooms, murder of crows, sky songs, visual prompts, word prompts | 4 Comments

(l)onely poem

Posted on March 8, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. this poem is all by its lone -some self, some semblance of assem -bled phrases on a shelf. in a void. annoyed. this poem is a single sigh -lent scream, a scene from a one -act play with no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged murder of crows, Poetic Asides prompts, sigh, this poem poems | 1 Comment

Contemplating Murder

Posted on May 5, 2015 by whimsygizmo

prompt and awesome visual from over at mindlovemisery.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged crow poems, mindlovemisery prompts, murder of crows, poeming, Poetry, sky poems, star poems | 7 Comments

Crowing Gerunds

Posted on April 9, 2015 by whimsygizmo

… Preceding season, the nesting crow (markings of gray and brown) ….is hearing the gulls assemble waiting, expectant eating the body opening in the rock opening in a forest feeding (feasting) upon a sage sprouting corn, investigating a haunch sloping … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bird poems, crow poems, gerunds, Margo Roby prompts, murder of crows, poeming, Poetry, PoMoSco | 4 Comments

the cheese stands alone

Posted on November 23, 2014 by whimsygizmo

. there’s a man on the street with dirty feet and an old guitar. he’s got $17 in an old jam jar, but he can’t remember how to get home. there’s a girl on the on the stage who dances … Continue reading →