Uneasy Murder Of Crows Comments

Excellent... admired and appreciated this fabulous poem

Robert Murray Smith! ! ! Loved your comment and I am very happy to hear you enjoyed this poem! ! ! Tis music to the ears!

Susan, Much better than a gaggle of geese or even pack of wolves your 'uneasy murder of crows' " redbone hound whined and hobbled slowly and arthritically up the porch steps and lay himself carefully down by the vacant rocking chair." QtR

Hi Kevin. Like you, my granddaughter loves and praises crows every chance she gets. I dislike them because they attack the sparrows' nests in my big fir tree and kill the babies. But the sparrows are a courageous little bird==they chase the huge crows away, swooping down on them, crossing their flight paths, and giving warning to other birds and squirrels. Thank you for finding this poem haunting- that was my intent! ! !

I do think crows get a bad rap, their actually very intelligent and prescient creatures not like those rats we call Gulls. Still you make it very haunting, I don't know why but I'm reminded of Tom Waits Murder in the Red Barn, just in terms of Gothic imagery. I think Poe would approve.

Yes indeed, Paul, our chairs will be empty a lot sooner than we want. Thank you for commenting on this poem.

Death the only sure thing in life and all our chairs are empty sooner than we'd like but who wants to live forever A poem of sadness and loss well penned.

Beautiful poetry; the unkindness of death, the crows know...

A sad reality? Alas all chairs will eventually become empty.......well penned.

Poe, the romantic (albeit dark) , would have loved this poem. Nature, the crows and the hound, tell the story of a death and express grief and sadness.... placing death in the domain of the natural. Yes, Poe the romantic would have loved this verse! A great poem, Susan....A perfect 10.

I like the picture you create with this, Susan. No message. Just a picture based on observation. “Murder” of crows; I want to look up the etymology of that. -Glen

I have always liked crows because they are very smart and they are the birds (some) people love to hate. Because of their raucous cries maybe? I like the imagery here, like watching crows in a movie scene. I liked the 'redbone' hound, in his own corner vignette separate from the rising crows, and the vacant rocking chair.

The crows, a “ murder “, are also sometimes known as an “ unkindness “, murder is very unkind, but perhaps here in your beautiful words, these crows are offering a kind gesture of compassion expressed to the now alone hound, in the form of a Little momentary companionship...

Susan, I have just posted a new poem, " Murder on My Mind" , inspired by this poem and all the comments. Thank you!

I wonder why a group is crows is called a " murder" . It's illegal in my home state to shoot crows, but I don't know why. They are such a nuisance sometimes! I have a murder of them around my house right now. I have a murder on my mind...

Your response to Tom was hilarious! I know why the crows are all gathered around. One of your neighbors (or maybe it's you!) has a walnut tree. The crows collect the walnuts, then drop them on the road or the sidewalk to get them to break open so they can eat them.

I think this is a wonderful poem, and a future classic! I loved the part about the row of crows perched on the " wing" of the school, devoted to Poe and poetry. A reference to the crow's larger cousin, the raven, made famous by Poe.

Crows and rows! Flying birds! ! ! Muse of nature in the air. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

A careful and insightful inscription is made about crows in this poem. So touching and impressive. Thanks for sharing..

'crows live in a group, sometimes called a murder'... it's good for the murder that you didn't leave the " h" out of " shimmering" ! There are some questions unanswered for me in the poem, bu i liked it. Perhaps a 'conspiracy' of ravens would be more apropos to Poe? bri :)