a wandering crow its old nest has become a plum tree © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) sprouted from an old fruit stone abandoned in the garden its chicks are long flown hungry yellow mouths are beaks that feed their own scattering coal dust feathers in new nests in other trees a wandering crow observing […]
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Celtic Crow
One eye glances askance, glittering jet lustre. Is Morrighan watching? Will she visit you? Wings open like a broken umbrella, a sheen of funereal feathers. Is it alone or are there three to strike fear in the hearts of the enemy? Talons scratch a morbid beat to the castanet clacking of its beak. Sacred sister […]
Breaking the Silence
in the stark silence of winter mornings a single crow calls © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Photo by David Russell My third haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
