Caw, blimey, guv’nor:
What a pair of…eyes
I’ve never seen the likes, and such a size!
They’d make a handsome meal for my hatchlings!
Caw blimey guv’nor:
What a stinking corpse
smells good to me, no reason for remorse:
Dry eyes, full belly.
Caw, blimey, guv’nor!
Is that doll out there
in yonder field, with straw for hair
supposed to scare me?
Caw blimey, guv’nor:
What’s that strung up on yer fence?
A murder of my kind?
Now, that’s intense, and beastly!
Caw blimey, guvnor:
‘bird of bad omen’ you call me,
pointing out the mote in mine, meanwhile
I pluck the beam from your eye!
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Written for dVerse
I am hosting Poetics tonight, where I have issued a call for corvid poetry. Apologies to cockneys everywhere for the accent of my carrion crow, who sounds like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins! Tune in from 3pm ET at dVerse to join in the chattering of choughs…
Beautiful poem! The cockney slang actually makes it way better, in my opinion, and more humorous too! 😉
And btw, have you uploaded the DVerse prompt on the site? I haven’t received the email yet…
Thank you! A sneak preview…the post is up now 😊
Wonderful poem, Ingrid. Love the accent. Great video too.💕
Thank you Grace 💖
Truly a pleasure .💕
Hexcellent! 🙂
Stone the crows, etc
Bewitch the pigs! 🐖 🪄
Such an attention-gripping poem. I love the dialect and tone.
Thanks Lamittan 🙏
Welcome most 🙏
So enjoyed this one, until imagining read by VanDyke in that hideous accent from MP. But I like the poem despite that. 😉
Glad you did! Thank you 🙏
A carrion song for the beastly bird. Love this one Ingrid, including the video link.
Thanks Grace!
Very well done. Love that ending too. Love that slang. Lovely Ingrid. Hope you are having an amazing week. Hugs Joni
❤️
Thanks Joni 🤗 hope you are too!
I would not want to cross this crow!
Me neither: his morals are impeccable!
Perfect response to a really cool prompt, Ingrid. Thanks. And thanks for hosting. Salute!
You’re welcome, Ron!
Well done, well written, a lovely poem. Love those huge black birds…
Thank you Francisco!
You’re very welcome Ingrid!
Blimey! What a journey into the mind of crows. Love it 😊
Thank you: I wanted to explore the human world from the crow’s perspective!
enjoyed this bit of cockney fun!
That’s Kate!
That last stanza says it all!
Yes, we are rather hypocritical!
You’ve got the attitude perfectly. (K)
Thank you!
Blimey, that’s a right nice bit’a po’try there guv’nor! Enjoyed this greatly Ingrid… 😉
Fanks, mate! 😅
Very nicely done!
Thank you Dwight!
You are welcome!
So much fun 😊and serious message too. Luv it
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💛love
Thanks Gillena – I really enjoyed yours!
Smiling – great use of language and tone in this piece. This crow is strong in nature.
I agree! Glad you liked this, Truedessa.
An interesting and thoughtfully planned prompt, Ingrid. Your poem is a creative and fun read! The video is a nice addition. Did you play the guitar for Bob Dylan’s birthday last year?
Thanks Michele! I did indeed 😅 well remembered 😊 I was too busy this year to break out in song 🤣
You are welcome, Ingrid. Understandable. 😊 Soon, there will be a time for celebration! 😄
I hope so! 🤩 I do love the way this whole community is cheering us on ❤️
I adore how you balanced the quirk and the weight of the message in this poem and its accent. Good one, Ingrid! Thank you for inspiring us today!
Thank you kindly, Rosema – I am glad you enjoyed the prompt!
Very funny and beautifully done Ingrid. A great Dylan song too! Jim
Thanks Jim!
Love it especially the last stanza and how you pointed out the hypocrisy of humans in that last stanza…
Thank you Björn!
You’ve accented the crows and it makes me think what sort of regional dialect (and possible prejudices) the birds around here may have. Wonderful.
Glad you enjoyed, K!
That crow says it as it is–cockney voice and all. We are such hypocrites! Crows seem very honest to me.
To me also! Nature, red in tooth and claw…we are the worst, and yet we try to hide it!
So true!
What a fantastic write, Ingrid, a bit of zany fun taking potshots at our hypocrisy!
Great prompt.
Thanks Punam – glad you enjoyed both poem and prompt!
You are welcome.
This is incredibly gorgeous work done, Ingrid! ❤️ I love the cadence and flow of this poem 😀
Thank you Sanaa! 💕
Brilliant 😀 I love that the crows are cheeky Cockneys, it suits them so much! And I love the form and the rhyme here 🙂
I couldn’t resist the pun! 😅
If it’s there on a plate, you have to use it! And you did it well. I didn’t even think of it! 😀
loved this the caw blimey tickled my funny bone.
Glad to hear it! Thanks Rog.
A fun one, will make me think twice when I see the many crows I see daily. 😅 Lovely poem, Ingrid!
😅 thanks Jeff!
Yikes. Grisly and funny at the same time. I suspect you had fun writing this.
How did you guess? 😅 thank you, Marion!
To quote Professor Higgins in “My Fair Lady,” “How deliciously Low!” <3
😊 thank you, Cheryl ❤️
Great piece and I love the photo . I love birds so much .
Thank you!
Love the accent, Ingrid! There is a bird I would not mess with.
Me neither 😅