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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