Corvus

i would like to become a bird

Lately I'm fascinated by birds.
What I was reading stated the raven is known for going after coastal birds nests.

Thx for reading

I know nothing about birds except for them shitting all over my deck and pavers. Great poem by the way.

Thank you.
I definitely do not find birds an annoyance, just the opposite.

Wow, what a write, Delia...awesome:) Imagery evoked tremendous

Aww that means a lot from a great writer like you.
Thx so much for lovely comment, I like when I can create the mental
visual for someone else.

Great poem, my friend.

Thank you my fellow nature lover.
Seems a dying breed.

"to be who I am..." why can't we all be ravens ... and understand who we are...

Yes! You understood so well.
Thx for reading

I was once nearly attacked by a crow when I was on my way to buy cigarettes after I had quit them. I turned the hell around! I’m not much of a mystic but I thought the crow embodied my deceased aunt, as though she was looking after me. Surprisingly my other aunt had an interaction with a crow in a similar way, also feeling it was our deceased aunt.

Anyway, just a story we tell ourselves. I love your descriptive words and the scene you’ve created here.

I believe crows or ravens are messengers but not always ominous. Thank you for sharing that story.
Glad you liked it. Thank you.

Awesome and original expression - capturing and depicting such a thing.  I could picture some of it in my mind.  You give the raven quite a narrative in showing the course and cycle of its nature.  You pause to zoom in on articulate detail and lucid focus where necessary.  The end where you sum up such nature is well-done.  Good job in carrying the theme through a direction and telling the story.  I feel like this has a very easy to read format and course of unraveling.  Anyway, thanks for sharing!

Hi! Yes, I want you to picture it in your mind.
I liked the ending I chose, but I wanted something deeper, maybe darker about
the nature of the raven relating to being human.
I think if I could add even deeper meaning to the poems, ok
I'm a little nuts, lol. I've been seeing this gigantic raven.
And I wanted to know what they eat, hence the poem.
Thank you for such great feedback, you made my night!!

Ha-ha, you're welcome.  You already capture some depth to what you write merely by how you choose to describe it.  Semantics and interpretation to poetry apply, and it's always up to the reader's subjection, but yeah, you can definitely interject careful balances of words to give them choices as to how to view it.  It's a fun challenge to explore multiple meanings and double entendre.  I feel as though with your strong grasp on emotional analogy and metaphor, you'd have an advantage in capturing layers of atmosphere within meaning, let alone what you already do visually.  Maybe explore new vocabulary (not saying you don't already have a good vocabulary) and try some new things, and go back to old works, and put new twists to old perspectives to create new views, etc.  Experiment with more technical and analytical language, learn how to mix in the right visual analogy to accompany the technical language, etc.  That's just an example of how you can grow.  You could grow in many ways - you have a lot of potential.  The growth never stops as an artist, or you will plateau.  Just keep putting pen to pad!

A big huge thank you. Those are great ideas.
I have some old work I could maybe put a new spin on.
Or play with language.
I truly appreciate all your help.

Greetings deliabear, how are you. I like that drawing; did you draw that yourself...

Hello, I wish I could say I did. I have the gift of words not drawing, lol
Thx for stopping bye!