Poetry - “Crow”
For a long time, I’ve wanted to write a book of children’s poems. Now, I admit I’m no Shel Silverstein, but I did focus on poetry in graduate school, have since published poems in several literary journals and magazines, and have written numerous children’s books.
I’ve also wanted to pair my poetry with some sort of visual art, whether photography, paintings, or drawings (again, I’m no Shel Silverstein). However, a friend, and painter, Amanda Doering, has recently agreed that if I write the poems, she will paint the art. So . . .
Here’s the first, in what will be a series of animal poems, using various common poetic forms, such as haiku.
Crow
I approach a crow
in the middle of the road —
the night flaps its wings.
