Corvid – 2020 Weekly Challenge 13 (Final)
“There are many rhymes about magpies, but none of them is very reliable because they are not the ones that the magpies know themselves.” Terry Pratchett
Beware, The Magpies Are Singing Like the sound of a drunken black cockatoo, the windmill squeaks its grinding rotation, tail flapping in the breeze which cools the sweated skin, it's early, but it's hotter than hell, a sinister augury of the day's endurance that only cold beer will quell at its end, right now the magpies are singing their song, carolling their advent of spring's enterprise and the need to stay out of their range, for they've hatched a plot for a geography they intend to defend. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
You have a talent for writing poems.
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Thank you for the encouragement.
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Although the poem engages in a quite serious way, I love the humorous thought of those magpies hatching their plot 🙂
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Lol, yes indeed, crafty lot. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
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I think the magpie bird is beautiful, but their song is not😄
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Well the ones here are a big step up from the crow and raven sound, these are well loved as a familiar sound, but yes, there are more lyrical birds.
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The Muses turned the Pierides into magpies, so they would not dare to ever be so insolent again and they were forced to live out their lives as chattering birds.
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a just life I’d say 🙂
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The Muses were not the nicest bunch of girls.
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Yes, nasty little lot.
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The magpie plot? Sounds like the Pelican brief.
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Good one!
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Yes!
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Inspiration comes in mysterious ways… Stay safe Liz
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Indeed it does. Take care, Brian.
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Lol, nice one.
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Another apt metaphor for these troubled times.
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Thank you Liz, you picked it again.
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🙂
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Thanks for updating my knowledge on magpies 🙂
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My pleasure Rupali 🙂
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A very good metaphor, Paul! And magpies never will leave places they’d conquered. 😉 Michael
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True, they remain for life and are very unfriendly. Thank you Michael.
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😉 Our former cat had made unique experiences with them too.
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Yes, I can relate to that.
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😉
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