What do you think of this?

@rookie54 said
@Very-Rusty
those are crows
corvus brachyrhynchos

LOL......Perhaps I should have actually looked at the video you put up first! 😉 😛

-VR

@very-rusty said
What is difference between Crow and Raven?

-VR

Ravens are part of the Crow family.
So a Raven is a crow.

@wolfgang59 said
Ravens are part of the Crow family.
So a Raven is a crow.

I've argued that point in vain for years.

A raven is not a crow!

They sure look a lot alike........Perhaps we could call them first cousins?

-VR

@ghost-of-a-duke said
In fairness old friend, I wrote the whole thing in 3 and a half minutes.

It was very good for 3 minutes but you wasted those last 30 seconds!
btw: the Prose competition won't be the same without you!
Are you still going to work or isolating?

@very-rusty said
I've argued that point in vain for years.

Precisely, in vain because you are wrong!

Magpies are also crows.


(Not the Australian Magpie though ... it is not a true magpie!
We had one in our garden in the summer and I had to look it up)

@wolfgang59 said
Precisely, in vain because you are wrong!

Magpies are also crows.


(Not the Australian Magpie though ... it is not a true magpie!
We had one in our garden in the summer and I had to look it up)

You just will not admit when you're wrong is all!

Have a look at the tail on a raven and then on a crow, you'll see the difference eventually!

Then again, you're not going to admit you were wrong are you! 😛 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
You just will not admit when you're wrong is all!

Have a look at the tail on a raven and then on a crow, you'll see the difference eventually!

Then again, you're not going to admit you were wrong are you! 😛 😉

-VR

Look VR ... I don't want an argument you are clearly wrong.

"Crow" isn't even a particular species it's just the local name for the local
member of the crow family! What is your crow? Corvus brachyrhynchos
or Corvus caurinus or something else? In the UK the "crow" is
Corvus corone other members of the crow family in UK are given other
common names; rooks, ravens, magpies, et c.

@c-j-horse said
It's a short poem and I wondered what people might think in terms of its quality and emotional appeal. I have a reason for asking. I should stress that I AM NOT the author.

Waiting! Waiting!
Waiting for a letter
Waiting every day.

Will a letter ever come
Telling me good news?
Will a letter ever come
Telling me any news?

A knock on the door
A knock on the door ...[text shortened]...
A letter has come.

Bad news! Bad news!
He's dead! He's dead!
Oh what can I do
Now he's dead?

While I can see this as potentially scripted and performed on-stage. I do understand why it might not be seen well, as purely a poem, through traditionalist eyes.

Having said that, I shall always believe that poetry lies in the heart of the pen holder.

@wolfe63 said
While I can see this as potentially scripted and performed on-stage. I do understand why it might not be seen well, as purely a poem, through traditionalist eyes.

Having said that, I shall always believe that poetry lies in the heart of the pen holder.

Poetry dwells in the holder's heart
Whether pen or lowly pencil
Amazing words come spilling out
And thoughts not at all presidential

@wolfgang59 said
It was very good for 3 minutes but you wasted those last 30 seconds!
btw: the Prose competition won't be the same without you!
Are you still going to work or isolating?

Ha! Too kind sir. Working from home at present.

Below is a poem I just wrote for my mum on Facebook, who is currently on her own in isolation and missing the grandkids. (Her only outside adventure is climbing a hill twice a week to top up a leaking communal pond, to keep the fish alive).

Twice a week she climbs a hill
to fill her pond with water
she’s grateful that she has a son,
…she also has a daughter.

Though stuck in isolation
she’s far from being lazy,
has cleaned every room twenty times,
we fear she’s going crazy.

Despite her marbles lost
our hero doesn’t gripe,
she plays her son at quizzes,
and has even learned to Skype.

In several weeks she will emerge,
like a tortoise or a mole,
she’ll hop around like Gollum
drink her coffee from a bowl.

But no matter how much she de-evolves,
behaves a little dumb,
we’ll all be glad to have her back,
because she is our mum.

@wolfgang59 said
Look VR ... I don't want an argument you are clearly wrong.

"Crow" isn't even a particular species it's just the local name for the local
member of the crow family! What is your crow? Corvus brachyrhynchos
or Corvus caurinus or something else? In the UK the "crow" is
Corvus corone other members of the crow family in UK are given other
common names; rooks, ravens, magpies, et c.

wg 59 we have always called crows 'crows' and ravens 'ravens', that is what they are called here in Canada. Just ask any Canadian.

-VR

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Ha! Too kind sir. Working from home at present.

Below is a poem I just wrote for my mum on Facebook, who is currently on her own in isolation and missing the grandkids. (Her only outside adventure is climbing a hill twice a week to top up a leaking communal pond, to keep the fish alive).

Twice a week she climbs a hill
to fill her pond with water
she’s gratefu ...[text shortened]... he de-evolves,
behaves a little dumb,
we’ll all be glad to have her back,
because she is our mum.

Better than anything I've seen from sookie!

Good Job!

-VR

@handyandy said
Poetry dwells in the holder's heart
Whether pen or lowly pencil
Amazing words come spilling out
And thoughts not at all presidential

I don't believe I've seen any poetry from you Andy.

-VR

@very-rusty said
wg 59 we have always called crows 'crows' and ravens 'ravens', that is what they are called here in Canada. Just ask any Canadian.

-VR

"we have always called", is not an argument, it is an excuse for ignorance

@very-rusty said
I don't believe I've seen any poetry from you Andy.

-VR

and yet, you quoted his poetry right there in yer response