The Crows
The Crows
Silver Hill, 1985
On Christmas Eve,
Stockings loll
In the window
Like swollen tongues.
The echo of your voice
Rings in my ears
With the cawing of crows
Circling around carrion.
The nurses needle me,
Then go.
My soul wretches
And spills onto my nightgown.
The crows ruffle their wings
And strut around
Like they own the place
With the gnarled trees
Arching in the wind.
They are still there
Cackling in the sun
Taking what they can--
The earth curling up
In a round ball.
About this poem
This poem was written when I experienced one of the deepest lows of my life.
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Written on March 14, 1986
Submitted by maryrivers on December 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5 |
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