I am tempted to write a poem in response describing how crows mind being armless most because, as the most intelligent of birds, they are frustrated not to have hands with which to put to use to solve problems by making things. They could make a plow to till the soil instead of having to always be tearing at it with their beaks, for example. In other words, my poem would emphasize how innovative and productive, bringing value to all crowkind, crows might be, rather than being merely preeningly macho, violent and full of impotent rage, which strikes me as a grossly unfair comment on crows as a species.
I think there could be an anthology of crow poems, Mary. For whatever reason, they excite the poetic imagination--admired or distrusted. But I now always think of them as "thieves of the small job."
I am tempted to write a poem in response describing how crows mind being armless most because, as the most intelligent of birds, they are frustrated not to have hands with which to put to use to solve problems by making things. They could make a plow to till the soil instead of having to always be tearing at it with their beaks, for example. In other words, my poem would emphasize how innovative and productive, bringing value to all crowkind, crows might be, rather than being merely preeningly macho, violent and full of impotent rage, which strikes me as a grossly unfair comment on crows as a species.
I’d love to see that poem! There could be a whole book of crow poems. The seem to inpire so many interpretations.
Great imagery, and I love how this contradicts my sense of crows being the most confident, almost nonchalant, of birds (I agree with Alan).
I think there could be an anthology of crow poems, Mary. For whatever reason, they excite the poetic imagination--admired or distrusted. But I now always think of them as "thieves of the small job."
I just heard crows outside my window while chuckling over imagining a crow running the gears at a green light with his Beak.
Great image!
"Fossick"! Wonderful. And such a great poem.
Three of mine in which crows appear:
https://xpcallahan.substack.com/p/1242023?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fcrow&utm_medium=reader2
https://xpcallahan.substack.com/p/622023?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fcrow&utm_medium=reader2
https://xpcallahan.substack.com/p/1192024-ff0?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fcrow&utm_medium=reader2