Pauline Flynn, Visual Artist/Poet

Corvus 

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Plumage, quill and crow step,

underfoot on the rugged path.

From the rooks observatory

bird’s eye view watching, 

crow’s feet, hop, hop, hop.

Bird brain breeding, korrp, 

krack-krack-krack, cluck, 

klong. Incubation territory.

Bare faced fancier preens. 

Banter, rattle and boom. 

Kraa-kraa.

Pin feathers from pimples,

shaft swaddled in wax, 

bloodflow till plume unfurls.

Tail, contour and down 

feathers iridescent. 

Fly moults wing their way 

earthwards.

Attentive, I sidestep

sable, ebony, indigo, silver,

jet black, ink black, raven.