Peter, thanks. But I must admit I'm stumped by what it means - a literary reference?
Anna, believe me this crow was very alive, and fairly tame as it let me get close for this shot. Funny though how many meanings we can find in this picture.
Yes, from Edgar Allan Poe's longer poem, The Raven. The narrator in the poem is stared at by a raven that appears on a dreary night; the narrator, who sounds clinically depressed, muses desperately on the dark meaning of the bird's appearance. The raven responds periodically, with the words, "Nevermore!"
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raven on duty
black bird of omen sitting
perched on the look-out
Posted by: Olivia Kroth | 23:09 29 November 2007
Heh. Nice shot!
Posted by: leslee | 04:11 30 November 2007
Oh I love this!!
Posted by: Joan Rough | 07:03 30 November 2007
Olivia, thanks for the haiku!
Leslee and Joan, thanks, glad you enjoyed this.
Posted by: marja-leena | 19:30 30 November 2007
"Nevermore!"
Posted by: poor_mad_peter | 06:14 01 December 2007
Perhaps he's stuffed - as an awful warning.
Posted by: Anna | 12:12 01 December 2007
Peter, thanks. But I must admit I'm stumped by what it means - a literary reference?
Anna, believe me this crow was very alive, and fairly tame as it let me get close for this shot. Funny though how many meanings we can find in this picture.
Posted by: marja-leena | 16:42 01 December 2007
Yes, from Edgar Allan Poe's longer poem, The Raven. The narrator in the poem is stared at by a raven that appears on a dreary night; the narrator, who sounds clinically depressed, muses desperately on the dark meaning of the bird's appearance. The raven responds periodically, with the words, "Nevermore!"
Posted by: poor_mad_peter | 05:23 02 December 2007
Peter, that's very interesting! Thanks for getting back to me on this. I'll have to find and read that poem, I don't remember it.
Posted by: marja-leena | 16:53 02 December 2007