TRE CORBIES

I’ve encountered Ravens three times,

I was introduced to the drum that was

Edgar Allen Poe’s haunted heartbeat;

he was worried about something

he thought he lost, but the Raven knew,

the Raven crowed, the Raven mocked.

I wanted to slap Poe’s Emo face;

tell him to get a life…

Dean Arnold was crazy mean,

had a sign on his door that read,

“KNOCK, IF NO ANSWER, LEAVE!”

He drank too much while he restored

pre-war Fords, and was married

to a pretty witch, Sheila, with a dry rasp.

She wore long gowns, feather earrings,

and metal studded with bright stones

all over her fingers.

Her bony hand brushed blond straw

off her forehead, and encircled my wrist

as she dry-whispered, “You’re new here;

know where I can get a Raven?

I’ve got two crows, but I want a Raven.”

I looked into those watery blue eyes

and noticed a vacancy there,

so I smiled, said,

“Sweetheart, you are a Raven.”

She slumped into a flowery chair

And nodded seriously to herself

for a while…

It turns out the Grand Canyon

is peopled by a large unkindness

of Ravens so black they look like holes

cut in the space and time they occupy.

Everyone is warned to leave nothing out.

When you hike away to see the sights,

they will descend, six, or ten of them

to examine, bird thorough, your camp.

When you return, you’ll wonder

“What happened to my toothbrush,

that candy bar I left on the table,

and my car keys?”

Altogether, whether your corvid is an

accessory to murder, or is just unkind,

from what I’ve seen, and what I’ve read

I can think of worse companions

in a final meeting in the air than

Odin’s Huginn (thought) and

Muninn (memory) as escorts

to the other side.

Author's Note

I would have sworn I posted this one before, but looked all the way back and could not find it...

Reviews

[Lorry]

Probably the best line of poetry I've ever read "I wanted to slap Poe’s Emo face;
tell him to get a life…" 😃
I mean I know I go on about hipsters, but emo's...aren't they just diet goths?
Emo's are okay by me, ever since some football thugs in Glasgow tried to intimidate them off the steps of their local hangout, the steps of Buchanan galleries in the city centre. Every Saturday shopper to a man, woman and child stood in between them until the hard of thinking football fans pissed off and now they even buy them teas and coffees as they pass them and say hello.
But enough about football violence in Scotland. Well, apart from when we first heard of the Taliban our first thought was "What! Their trying to bring religious intolerance to Scotland! Didn't even know they had a football team!" (Our religious intolerance is 100% soccer. Catholics support Celtic and protestants support rangers, and most wouldn't even know what the inside of a church looked like)
So, getting back to the point, which isn't about sectarianism or the Taliban....oh yeah, emo's!
I'm with Dean Arnold too! I used to have a doormat that read "fu*k off!" but people just completely bloody ignored it and knocked on my door anyway. I replaced it with a "come in and meet Jesus" one and even the Mormons give me a bodyswerve now!
Sadly I don't know any witches, but I've met a few tribute acts that acted like them, but I can't talk about them because then we'd go back into emo territory, so...
Mow I don't know if you're using your artistic licence or not (mines lapsed around 1997) but I do like the name an unkindness of ravens. It would make a great Indies band name! 😃
I would really like Elvira, mistress of the dark to be my companion to my final meeting. Remember her? Famous for that classic line to a bunch of horny teens "just grab a tool and start banging!"
😃
So there you have it. My review of err, well I gave it a try l! 😃

[Vol]

Lorry,
D****t! Elvira eats emo's for lunch... and not in the nice way... If she got a boat and charged for a ride across the Styx, she'd put Charon and his free tickets out of business...
Vol

[Neville]

This is that memorable, I could swear that I've been here before .. I don't mean like reincarnation or deja vu but like I've got a thing about corvids and particularly ravens so would likely remember anyway without any kind of mystic or divine intervention .. Neville

[Vol]

Neville,
I know, right, I would have sworn I posted this some time ago, but I went all the way back... On the other hand, I don't really trust this site to not make mistakes.
Vol

[Neville]

I fear it is far from infallible.. Neville

[Soren]

Wonderful! If there is a symbol of modern poetry it is a raven. Very intelligent birds and I've heard that if the tongue is split they can be taught to speak. Love the reference to Odin and the raven on his shoulder representing memory while Huginn and Muninn are his eyes and ears. Loved the write.

[Vol]

Thank you Soren, It was a fun write...

[K. Louis]

Excellent writing. Well done.

[PRAY for VOL]

I haven't seen it before, Vol. PLEASE leave it? I am so busy but I should be done through soon I left my account open so you know I'm nearby. I did see the ravens so black they look like holes and they steal your candy grrr i'd not like that What is your fav candy ohOH I have to go talk soon, love... I know tre means three? ...I took a quick selfie close so you can see me now Hope ur not too disappointed. Love ya, Friend! LATER!