January 22nd

 

Crows dance, Buckshot specks,

Invisible threads weaving,

Murder tapestry.

 

As I was driving down to London I saw a great number of crows, perhaps fifty of them, high up in the Bedfordshire sky. They were swooping in and out, seemingly having the greatest fun without crashing into each other. It did look like they were weaving this great invisible tapestry in the sky. I’d never seen so many crows in a great black cloud before, a proper murder of them.

And seeing as Debbie is using her artwork to supplement her Haikus, I’m going to do the same, so I’m using her artwork too :)

Crows, 2010, by Debbie Brown, woodcut on monoprint. 10/25. Reproduced by kind permission :)