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23 July 18 Raven Song / Part 2

Please see last week’s post for an introduction and background for this poem. New explorations follow this second part of the poem.

Raven Song
Part 2

               Year by year along comes February when Ravens build their nests to beat the crowd
                                    They build them in high and piney places in this Forest
                                    They talk among themselves and sing their songs
                                    remembering years of broods and their mating long

                        Ravens grow attentive to great matters – 
                                    to hatch, to raise, to fledge this year’s offspring
                                    teaching them right from left wing
                        When twenty days pass, nascent Ravens pop
                                    Parental caring turns to progeny and rarely stops
                                    Blood kin carry threats away from nest
                        Loudly scolding all assaults and put them to rest
                                    by Raven-splaining to unwanted guests


                        Returning to the home front the dining hour begins
                                    Foraged morsels regurgitated from many origins
                        Later on, when baby Ravens feel the urge to fledge
                                    up they hop and teeter on their bedroom’s edge
                                    making small cackles that speak of fear
                        but parents keep on encouraging saying they’ll be flying near

                        When darling wings grow strong enough to hold aloft
                                    youngsters fall out, rise up, voices finding screes and scraws
                        And as the sweet and long that have gone before
                        Ravens Ravens loose your wings your songs evermore
                        as the writer of that poem and I also wish you evermore

Exploration 1: What is “Raven-splaining”? Any idea where the term comes from?

Exploration 2: How does the family life of Raven strike you?

Exploration 3:  Are you familiar with Mr. Poe’s poem? Perhaps you may want to Google it and see if it compares favorable with our Raven poems, Parts 1&2.

Your Monday Poet - Jack Pine Savage

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