Powerful and sharp, with a mystery that adds to that in the photo. Strange, though, the first two times I read it, my bad eyes saw "falls" instead of "fails" and thought how clever it was to tie into the rain. "Fails" makes more sense, but "falls" would work, too. Just saying.
ok, tell me more...ack,i want some backstory...smiles.
ReplyDeleteShe could fly at any minute.
ReplyDelete... one of my all-time favorite haikus.
ReplyDeleteThat's a word I haven't heard before, had to look up the definition. I think this could lead to a good suspenseful short story.
ReplyDeletePowerful and sharp, with a mystery that adds to that in the photo. Strange, though, the first two times I read it, my bad eyes saw "falls" instead of "fails" and thought how clever it was to tie into the rain. "Fails" makes more sense, but "falls" would work, too. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteOminous - "crow collects the debt"
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great but different tale.
Oh Roy....that's good
ReplyDeleteyou most indeed are a poet or writer...every word weighted every word chosen
thanks for the insight on this one
Thanks Helen..and happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteSean my good fellow
ReplyDeletehave you not heard of the murder of crows?
Audrey,maybe I'll work on it...who knows where my mind will take it...could be fun thanks for the hint
ReplyDeletewow, haunting and well-written.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, lucky crow! :)
ReplyDeleteU truly are a good writer my sister... And u added vocabulary to me again... :-) Thanks for this...
ReplyDeleteJJRod'z
hummm.... crow likes shiny things? What did crow collect? Nice!
ReplyDeletecute,
ReplyDeletethree line magpie, wow.
beautifully neat and to the point
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing
martine
short but sweet
ReplyDeleteneat and concentrated
ReplyDeleteBrevity is the soul of wit.....and also of Poetry!
ReplyDeleteA very ominous and portentous Magpie. Amazing how much meaning we can condense into a haiku! Lovely take on this Magpie.
ReplyDeleteLovely clever haiku
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]