And as I dreamt long, long into this beautiful night
I glimpsed his grin deep within the shadows of the moons wrinkles
startled by the figure of this magnificent raven
perched right beside me on my dreamer’s quilt
he whispered ever so gently
on
how to find the end of my grief
I asked him...
how can you know?
he replied...
although you sleep, and of that you dream when you finally wake
you'll be free.
then he flew his enormous wings
right back into the wrinkles of the great moon
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Author:
Teddy.15 (
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- Category: Reflection
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Comments7
A fine write Teddy, and compared to some which say ravens and crows are horrible.
dear Orchi, i agree thank you.
The symbolic raven, and its grand influence on the speaker, makes this poem so enchanting. There is newfound liberation, and with it, a newfound sense of happiness. Thank you for this poem.
thank you Rocky.
very good words Teddy, may that freedom be forever with you.
Andy
Thank you so much Andy.
wonderfully refined
I love the restraint in your poetic voice
less Poe's dramatic tone
more of the subtlety, few
can pull off successfully, an alluring
trait, in any poem
even if the poem's theme is more
sorrowful
than I would wish for a treasured friend
Dear Mek We wouldn't be human if we didn't carry some sort of grief would we, it's how we learn to steer it and as I've always been fascinated with "the raven" Edgar Allen Poe" it's is a poem that hypnotizes me each time I read it, but also because of course ravens and crows are very much related to death and dark I just love to make a different spin just to expand my thoughts. Thank you so much.
A beautiful gothic inspired piece here Teddy.15, marvelously described and also tells a moving and freeing story of the positive relationship of mankind with fauna.
Bravo, and I hope that all is well!
Dear AuburnScribbler, thank you for this wonderful review, I'm very well and hoping to share some new poems with all my dear Poetry friends.
I like your poem teddy 🙂 it’s interesting the spiritual meaning behind seeing different animals / birds .. the sign of ravens isn’t always dark tho .. I think it can be related to positive things aswell or so I read ..( I saw ravens a few weeks back , in our back garden then the next two days after outside of our front window .
A nicely expressed poem which I liked reading ))
Dear Rose, indeed in my poem the raven is my helper, yes there has always been a darkness to crows and ravens, I'm actually drawn to the raven. Thank you dear Rose.
"dreamer's quilt" a beautiful image and the overall image of a raven as a harbinger of the lifting of grief is very nice and quite counter to that of Poe's
Thank you so much dear sorenbarret, humbled you found this. 🌹
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