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Beware the Murder of Crows
Lovely little ditty...
Beware, Beware
Don't stop and stare
A Murder of Crows roam without a care
To rob the townsfolk of their ware
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Be Wise, Be Wise
Don't look in their eyes
Their true nature is protected by lies
Their evil is hidden by their feathery disguise
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Walk Away, Walk Away
Even when they beckon you to stay
Don't listen to the deceptive things they say
With your sanity and sense you'll surely pay
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Hide with me, Hide with me
In my cottage with a cup of tea
You'll be safe from the Murder of Crows, you'll see
Until you close your eyes and from life I set you free
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
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Comments (15)
My my! How very spooky! Very well done, Paul! I really love how every line begins with a command - It really cemented the feeling of the instructions coming from a solid presence!
More like a "distraction of crows" if you ask me, lol.
Oo this feels like a nursery rhyme. I wouldn’t get caught though because I kinda like crows😂 Six of Crows is such a good book that’s now what I associate them eith
Really liked the Halloween flavour here! 🦇.. that’s actually a bat 😏… there’s no crows pictures here. 😅 Also did u draw that picture at the end on a multimedia program!?
Man! This reminds me of the protests here last year… one of the chants the people would shout was kaputa kaw kaw kaw…. It meant crow in reference to the Rajapaksa brothers… and definitely was not a compliment. Very Halloween appropriate darkness also!
ooo creepy👻
Oh this is wonderful. Love it.
Always loved that the collective pronoun for crows is 'murder'. Darkness in this was palpable and the voice was so well done. It also feels like it could be a part of the start of a coven challlenge entry ? 🤍
I always approach crows (same as how I approach other animals) to say hello but they always fly away. So rude! Also, tell me where can I find her? I wanna hide with her. So that she can free me from this life, lol. Loved your poem! 🍩🥐
I picked up on that voice in the first lines, too. This is awesome and a great one for the season!
The opening of each stanza sounds like crows, I think I will hear them talking when I'm next alone in the wood
Nice flow to this one. And lol on the authors note. Haven’t been around too much. Last time we ran into each other you were dealing with Covid. Hope you’ve made a full recovery!
Love this
Nice job 📝✌️♥️
This reminds me when somebody was singing the beginning of Kendrick Lamar's M.A.A.D. City and the crow cawed in right on time.