Prompted by Poet's Place Cafe

Where the Dove Won't Fly - Form of the Week - Ravenfly

The Eddas speak of Odin's spies,
known as Memory and Thought.
Two ravens with guttural cries
winged form of a juggernaut.

The watchers spread their jet black wings
stalking man's mischievous ways.
Storytellers and minstrels sing
the legends of yesterdays.

Much later, the bird warns of other woes,
immortalized by Edgar Allan Poe.
                   ~~Judi Van Gorder


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The Eddas  Two books from 13th Century Iceland, a collection of ancient poetry and a "how to write poetry" from ancient Nordic poets.

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe  

"Form of the week: Ravenfly"  

Ravenfly