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Black: A Sonnet
March 23, 2009
A well-fed crow, his caw the clap of gods,
hews darkness from the hand of wilding night,
his feathers glossed in amethyst, at odds
with morning’s eye, for nothing’s left of light.
In solitude he counts the spoils, his mien
both proud and distant; then with taunting grace
he renders bones to relics sharp and keen,
vain offerings as sentinel of place.
He gives himself to sleep, his corvine nest
unhinged by lunar apparitions, black
and thick like dreams he thought he’d put to rest,
tomorrow’s omens in shadow and wrack.
The midnight gods can offer no reprieve
to one who feeds on embers of the eve.
Scott Wiggerman and Andrea L. Watson
For process notes, see “White: A Ghazal.”
Categories: Mutating the Signature
Andrea L. Watson, Scott Wiggerman
qarrtsiluni 
Beautiful poem. Thanks. loved the lines:
“He gives himself to sleep, his corvine nest
unhinged by lunar apparitions, black
and thick like dreams he thought he’d put to rest,”
daniela
PS forgot to reveal my weakness for crows and things corvid. They have stolen me. :-) and keep me tucked somewhere in their nest.
Very fine!