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Ten Black Ravens

Ten Black Ravens Ten black ravens Sitting on a line One flew off And then there were nine Nine black ravens Looking for a mate One found a lover And then there were eight Eight black ravens Bound for hell and heaven One found a soul to take And then there were seven Seven black ravens Decide to play some tricks One transformed into a man And then there were six Six black ravens Barely left alive One got deathly ill And then there were five Five black ravens Cried out nevermore One went a-knocking And then there were four Four black ravens Perched on hangman's tree One got tangled in the rope And then there were three Three black ravens With nothing left to do One fed upon a knight And then there were two Two black ravens Playing with Odin's son One forgot to come home again And then there was one One black raven Knowing night was done Went off to greet the sunrise And

Come Home Again

Come Home Again How is it, that a place I have never been before Can feel so much like home? The excitement and anticipation Of arriving somewhere new And at first view I am overwhelmed by the feeling Of recognition That I have been here before I know this place I am come home again Unremembering why I ever left Words and Image: ©2020LCR Submitted to: Poets and Storytellers United - Home is People

The Heart is a Fish

The Heart is a Fish At home in the water Golden scales Like mirrors Reflecting the sun Heart thumping When caught Mouth opening In the cessation of breath The pink salmon Swimming tirelessly In spawning excitement Struggling upstream Before the moment of death The strange unseen below That lurks in the dark waters With sharp teeth And odd fluorescence Attracting meal or mate The tiny fish Thrown back The elusive big fish In every story That evades capture Just remember There’s plenty more Fish in the sea Words: ©2020LCR Image: No Claim. Mystic Mermaid iv - Shijun Munns Submitted to: Weekly Scribblings #6 - Turn Cliché into Poetry

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