Crows choreograph infinity
against a cinder sky
until black feathers unfurl
beneath their screeches
and float to the pale open
hands of a girl-child who
inserts them into her snaky
red dreadlocks
whirling a dervish
to flash the crows’ audacity
back at them,
to make them take notice
of her power.
Brenda Warren 2012
Visit The Mag. My immediate thought when I saw the picture was fighting crows. Then I read Infinity, the piece that Tess wrote this week. The idea of infinity in the picture added inspiraton.
undercaws 
Crows choreograph infinity
against a cinder sky
Very well written poem! I love it!
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Whirling dervish with feathers in their hair – nice! LOL
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Magic indeed! (Never saw the feathers – I do now.)
Anna :o]
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It’s amazing how a painting like that can inspire so many different thoughts! Very nicely written poem.
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Your poem is incredibly strong ..
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Crows rule! Nicely done!
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Do you live near the home of the Crow indians or smething ? , thanks for introducing us to this girl
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Choeographing crows! Double wow!
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i really like where you went with this Brenda…nicely done and thanks for sharing
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I like it! You have to put crows in their place! The amount of crap that lands on my washing!!
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I am not a lover of crows so the defiance works perfectly for me.
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love it!
JJRod’z
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I also wanted to say Wow! My favorite! I love it!
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pretty magical-
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This is gorgeous! Those audacious crows…
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the girl-child with power over the crows. nice character
dark feathers dead crows
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Wow. Indeed! Fabulous write Brenda 🙂 I love that thought, that the girl shows she also has power. WTG! 🙂
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very cool, take notice indeed.
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awesome, Brenda…I can just see her with the crows. awesome!!!
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This is beautiful and mythic!
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Three cheers for that girl child.
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wow this is magical….i love her weaving it into her dreads…and flashing it back at the crows to show them who has power…..really cool take…
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