corvids – Chris Bevens

While the Berries are Still Between Brown and Green

The crows arrive with their babiesas the raspberries form and ripen, and as the chamomile bloomsAnd the choking-gargleof feeding baby crows accompaniesthe bushtits’ peeps,the scrub jay’s shrieks,and a finch scolding Little Sir as he stalksthrough glowing and dappled garden stems, and as he crosses the streetAs Her Majesty ignores him from her sunny spotin theContinue reading “While the Berries are Still Between Brown and Green”

An Aubergine Ending

-for A.B. She leaves her hair in the garden for the crows to build nestsI find it in pretty piles, purple piles like the restPurple piles, purple pillows, purple handles on the doorsPurple switches, purple toilet seat; all she touches, forevermore Outside, above the garden her murder patiently waits One scout announces first sight asContinue reading “An Aubergine Ending”