{"id":8309,"date":"2014-12-26T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=8309"},"modified":"2015-01-02T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T18:27:56","slug":"jack-the-crow-all-gone-and-other-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/jack-the-crow-all-gone-and-other-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack the Crow, All Gone, and Other Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"crow2\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Jack the Crow<\/h3>\n

My father used to have a talking
\ncrow named Jack; at least, that\u2019s
\nwhat he told me.
\nMaybe that\u2019s why I have an affinity
\nwith black birds, \u201cThe Raven\u201d being
\na favorite read.
\nHe used to tell me many fragments
\nof evidence about him in his quiet
\nvoice.\u00a0 How he used to raise chickens,
\nused to walk to the store,
\nalways owned a wristwatch.
\nHe taught me how to fire a gun and tried
\nto teach me how to change oil, but it
\nnever stuck.
\nI dream sometimes about his talking
\ncrow, perched on our mantle,
\ntelling me secrets I cannot hear.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

All Gone\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

The faces we knew
\nwhen we were young have faded.
\nTheir photographs have curled
\nat the edges, their features
\nscratched out by time.
\nThe old house used to stand,
\nbut first it was broken into,
\nlooted by the family,
\nthen casually burned down.
\nThey took grandmother away, too,
\nand she passed from earth
\nlike three of her nine sons.
\nMaybe she is greeted now, in some
\ngreat city, but we not longer see
\nher in this place.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Journey She Took\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n

It was long and there was
\nNo promise.
\nHer mother died
\nOn a snowy evening.
\nIt would evoke images of Frost
\nIf it weren\u2019t so damn tragic.
\nSpeaking of tragic, Robert Frost\u2019s
\nReading voice, though he had
\nBeautiful words.
\nShe does not believe in herself,
\nHer own greatness held as a myth.
\nYet I know I would give up
\nAll to just ease her or help her
\nOr even glimpse her.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Interruptus<\/h3>\n

The poem begins with
\nThe best of intentions, but a cable
\nDrama about zombies is on.
\nIt was indigo and rising
\nBeauty and \u2013
\nThen I had to get some garlic
\nCloves.\u00a0 The recipe calls.
\nFinally, I can add to that indigo
\nA shining visage of \u2013
\nNever mind, too tired to contemplate,
\nTrying to read, trying to listen
\nBut I must shave early in the morning.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. \u00a0His writing has appeared in a number of journal publications, including Eye On Life Magazine, The Commonline Journal, and The Literary Yard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My father used to have a talking
\ncrow named Jack; at least, that\u2019s
\nwhat he told me.
\nMaybe that\u2019s why I have an affinity
\nwith black birds, \u201cThe Raven\u201d being
\na favorite read.<\/p>\n

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