Mournful in the stubble field,
shining black and golden beak
cold late sun cruel
glistening on the barrels,
orange cartridge,silent on the ground
a panting dog waiting for the "fetch".
Country day raw in tooth and claw
a life-time now, alone.
Away she flew,dazed and careless
to the lonely wood,
waiting for the shot
which did not come.......
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ravingmad
- 2009-10-06 @ 20:38:15
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Hi ravingmad
A crow black and gold beak..they pair for life she flew dazed and careless wanting to be shot in preference to a life alone. The countryside can be bleak..thank you for reading-
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ravingmad
- 2009-10-06 @ 23:04:28
I didn't know crows paired for life! So sad that she was left all alone
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Crows are fine proud birds and live as pairs solitary There used to be a crow on the main town car park looking for bits of food around the cars his/hers mate was not far away doing the same. I watch whilst a bag of boiled sweets was pulled apart. I wrote about it.
They are very intelligent.-
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ravingmad
- 2009-10-07 @ 16:36:46
I saw a video once about crows picking up scraps from a traffic light controlled road crossing. They waited for the lights to go red before they ventured onto the road, and as soon as the lights changed to green they went straight back to the pavement and waited for them to go red again!!
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jenray
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- 2009-10-06 @ 22:21:32
a crow maybe...
rather sad poem I think...GBHs...XXX-
hi Jenray
Yes a crow and a sad poem she wanted to commit suicide hence her careless flight crows are frequent targets.-
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jenray
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- 2009-10-06 @ 23:06:33
we wandered into a wood one day and came across a whole load of wild birds all hung from strings over branches...they'd all been shot...just seemed such a pointless exercise in cruelty...there were crows and other smaller birds...we came home just feeling sad and very upset...GBHs...XXX
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Game keepers hang their quarry so that the land owner can see they are doing their job..some birds do have to be controlled as with other animals.with a full spectrum of wild life nature could manage alone.At least the game birds have a better death than poultry..after a better life.
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So sad.
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On the evening I wrote this poem I had been discussing Delius and his setting of Walt Whitman's poem Sea Drift, perhaps Delius's finest choral work about a bird left alone. I like the crow a very proud bird -
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loveslifeloveschocolate
- 2009-10-19 @ 23:45:45
My bb, you have been busy. Hope to catch up with your poems soon. LLLC
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Grouse, pheasant, or partridge?