Midnight Crows

by Jack   May 4, 2021


Midnight Crows
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Black as the moon
Dark as a hole,
With no passion
With no soul.

Out late flying
Up in the sky,
Giving no thought
To if they were to die.

Making strange noises
late into night,
Giving no thought
To their long lasting flight.

If you go where
The crows live,
You will know
What the crows give.
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2021 Jack

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  • 2 years ago

    by Keira Pickard

    The opening stanza was a chilling way to begin. I like the rhymes every two lines, but I think that, on the end of the third line in this stanza, it needs a comma.
    The second stanza's rhymes were just as smooth as the first. I enjoyed the imagery of a bird's silhouette up against the night sky, though did you mean
    'To if THEY would die' ?
    I love the third stanza, as I have terrible memories of a crow's noise. Once, I was on a walk in a field nearby, minding my own business, before being caught completely unaware by a crow in a tree I was passing by. It scared me to death! I would use a couple of pronouns in these four lines, though, as it gives some good variation to poetry. That's a key : when you're writing a poem, go through each word and think to yourself, " is there a better alternative?". Adjectives, nouns and adverbs can all be rethought.
    I thought that the final stanza was a good close to it. I liked the length and the title. Well written :)

    • 2 years ago

      by Jack

      Thanks for the suggestions Keira!