“……and have you ever heard an old crow belly-laugh?”
Old Crow spots a lush field of succulent peas,
Hiding under fronds stretching for miles under evergreens.
High mountain-valley meadow holding much to please
And sighing caws does Old Crow beak over these worthy beans.
Just now Old Crow spies there a gorgeously plummaged one,
A veritable Lady Crowser so daintily pecking at just one pea.
Pretty, pretty most specialest beauty of a lady, so madey
Like those peas to please all friends and mostly Old Crow in plea.
Just as Crow circles to swoop down to bow to this Lady,
Ugly Cird calls about far away sounds from the riverine seasides:
“Such ugly, ugly bawling sqawling voice we uns do hear, ol’ Matey”
“Can we uns gather pease and quick, quick, get away to friend’s cave, besides?”
granbee 
Aug 05, 2012 @ 00:18:31
Grab the peas and run (fly)!
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:39:22
Yes, gather ye rosebuds while ye may!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 00:21:52
Fly Fly Fly xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Soar Soar Soar xoxoxoxo
Above it all 🙂 xo
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:39:45
WAY, WAY up high, indeed, dear Cat!
Aug 08, 2012 @ 05:39:51
love xoxoxoxo
Aug 09, 2012 @ 04:19:10
Hugging you back from the center of my heart, Cat!
Aug 09, 2012 @ 04:37:01
I love That 🙂 so beautiful 🙂
Aug 09, 2012 @ 04:48:57
Beautiful souls together!
Aug 09, 2012 @ 07:13:51
Forever and ever !!!!
Aug 14, 2012 @ 04:33:37
And then some!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 01:03:20
I love the fun language and visuals in Old Crow’s adventure! 🙂
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:40:06
So glad you are having fun with Old Crow, Lauren!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 02:44:22
“Daintily pecking at one pea”? Well, what a proper one she is.
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:41:05
Not like us Southern gals, for sure! We dive into platefuls of good peas like a sea gull into a pool of minnows!
Aug 09, 2012 @ 10:22:23
Yeah, we southerners love food. Sunday dinners are serious business.
Aug 11, 2012 @ 23:34:00
MOST serious–and you had better hurry up saying grace over the food, or you will not be heard over the slurping and scraping of plates!
Aug 11, 2012 @ 23:54:33
Folk wanna get on down and start digging in, okay? Save the long prayers for their own personal time.
Aug 14, 2012 @ 04:34:28
Joyful partaking is the most genuine form of praise and thanksgiving, right?
Aug 05, 2012 @ 05:14:33
…so daintily pecking at just one pea… oh i feel sad for her…
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:41:38
Could it be that she is just teasing and tempting Old Crow into courtship?
Aug 14, 2012 @ 13:21:01
ha..could be indeed…always clever thoughts in your writing granbee…
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:57:08
Thanks for the encouragement here with my notion of multi-layered motivations and relationships on this critterly journey!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 05:29:51
Darn it old Crow craws so loud !! Lonely, only Crowess looks up shocked! Crow knows he must lead his crew of critterly unfolk to safety in yon friends cave… but Oh! the temptation to tarry, such lavish repast and beautiful lady Crow beckoning from below ..the temptation is so…………….. darn it damn it but duty calls and old Crows even if reluctantly joins our band our merry band and Good has one the day! ( loving being back in the fold XXXX Granbee ) xx
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:42:33
And love having you back, willowdot! Yes,Old Crow is faced with quite a stressful set of choices here, right?
Aug 08, 2012 @ 04:13:12
Yes just like me pray we all chose wisely! HUGS XXXXX
Aug 08, 2012 @ 04:28:43
Praying ALWAYS with you for wise choices from us all, dear willowdot!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 07:45:54
such worthy, worthy beans! Love it all Granbee! Linda
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:43:10
Yes, the “fruits of their labors” are most worthwhile hurrying to gather and share with others, right?
Aug 06, 2012 @ 00:11:39
That ugly bird is something… reminds me of a few humans. 😆
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:44:04
Yet Ugly Bird is very correct in giving warnings, but not so much excess worrying and mistrust, right?
Aug 14, 2012 @ 10:43:21
True… and we could all use advance warnings. 😉
Aug 15, 2012 @ 04:07:06
If we listen carefully to that internal, still, small voice, we WILL have advance warning, I believe!
Aug 16, 2012 @ 06:02:31
I agree. 😉
Aug 17, 2012 @ 06:06:02
Wonderful!
Aug 06, 2012 @ 05:52:15
Love your writing. As a new reader, I wonder where the temptation lies: with Lady Crowser, or Ugly Cird? Or neither, and it’s just a choice to be made… ?
Thank-you Rose 🙂
~Colleen
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:45:34
It seems to me that BOTH are tempting, quite tempting! Yet Old Crow WILL make the right decision and combine LadyLove courting and innovative resolution of Ugly Bird’s worries quite successfully, as we will soon see!
Aug 06, 2012 @ 09:13:43
There are crows around here it seems every day, squawking outside my window as I try to write. I think your crows are more interesting!
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:46:24
Crows CAN provide useful input for our writings, if we use them as seques,rather than as roadblocks!
Aug 06, 2012 @ 15:10:36
old crow belly-laugh..i bet they give an extra one after belly ful peas…lol
fun poem Rose 🙂
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:47:08
How much more jolly to laugh on a bellyful of delicious peas, Soma! You are so very correct!
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:49:02
Hi Granbee, Im smiling so here today as today I gathered in pounds of peas and spent the morning shelling them with my little granddaughter who ate more than she picked.. Lol. Ready to freeze..
I think that lady crowser is maybe luring her mate with her petite ways…
Its not the crows around my own garden that are the problem, but the Wood pigeons .. They ate lots of young cabbages…
Thank you Granbee for you lovely visit earlier.. I always treasure your comments… Much love to you ..
Sue xx
Aug 08, 2012 @ 03:59:09
Thanks so much for sharing this about your wood pigeons and your pea shelling with granddaughter! Love sharing all these wonders about God’s creatures with you!
Aug 08, 2012 @ 06:35:36
Well, Granbee, I shall be observing the ever-present crow family a little more closely as they gather down in the canyon! I have photographed the new baby crow with his family (now a group of seven – last year it was just three!). The baby makes an awkward WAAAACK, WAAAACK, while the adults Caw! CAW! CAW! Oh my, and the courtship dances… like no other! Quite flamboyant and beautiful!
What a lovely story… I patiently wait for more!
Aug 09, 2012 @ 04:18:42
Wow, thanks for sharing about your very own local crow family–and the courtship dances! I can see I will have to share royalties with you for these wonderful images! So VERY pleased you are now with us on this critterly journey!
Aug 14, 2012 @ 01:42:47
Love the opening, Rose:
‘Old Crow spots a lush field of succulent peas,
Hiding under fronds stretching for miles under evergreens.
High mountain-valley meadow holding much to please’
What a mouth-watering vision. Nothing like a fresh raw pea! XO
Aug 14, 2012 @ 04:35:34
Fresh, raw peas find in the forest coolness–you betcha’ they are mouthwatering! So pleased you agree, Diane!
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:04:16
Oh my — grab and run!!! 😀
I would love some fresh shelled peas myself … miss my grandmother’s cooking for this one!! DE-lightful!! 😀
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:14:33
Fresh, lucious peas with lots of cornbread crumbled in, right?
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:16:08
YUM — making me hungrier and hungrier!! 😀
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:16:56
We Southern gals DO know about good food, don’t we?
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:18:23
Yes we do … the “rest of the world” does not know what they are missing!!! Hugzzz
Aug 15, 2012 @ 03:19:49
Hugs while licking my plate clean, sister becca!