The Wolf, the Raven. the Owl
made a blood pact
to defend each other
if the Bear attacked
🌑
The Bear, the Fox, the Cat
made a solemn vow
to stand as brothers
if attacked by the Owl
🌑
Secretly the Fox and the Wolf
as they were kin
agreed not to fight each other
as they saw it as a sin
🌑
The Fox agreed with the Raven
to attack the Owl
so the Raven was the only soul
in the air would prowl
🌑
The Owl and the Raven
hated the Cat
as he preferred eating birds
to a mangy rat
🌑
The Bear
a simple soul
just ate them all
whole
This is twisted and dark and excellently written.
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Thank you! 😊
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The Bear
is the
one to fear
to bare
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Indeed! 😊
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Stuart, love this one! Especially The Bear!! Thank you for this! 🐾🤪🐾
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked Virginia! 😊
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Oh my I love this. That last stanza, lol. Oddly, this dark poem cheers me up. Thanks for sharing, Stuart. 😊🙏
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I’m glad you liked Lia! I tried to end it with a bit of dark humour! 😊
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Yes you did so well because that uplifted the overtone a lot!! :)) 👍👏😆💕🎉🙌
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Thank you!!!!!! 😊
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Although written about animals, I can see human nature shining through this. Brilliantly written! Loved this!
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Thank you so much Shreya!
I was going to add a bit tying it to human nature but decided against but completely agree with what you say 😊
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Well done! 🙂
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Thank you! 😊
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Excellent!
Didn’t see the ending coming, which made it even more delightful.
Like a dark, Grimm’s fairy tale, it shines a light on the shadowy aspects human behavior.
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Thank you. Glad you liked Rebecca.
I tried to make the ending not expected! 😊
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Nice!
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Thank you! 😊
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Fabulous!
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Thank you! 😊
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You’re welcome
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😊
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Am inspired by all the characters in this excellent poem
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Thank you again! 😊
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My pleasure
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😊
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I enjoyed the dark humor of it. Thank you for a smile when needed!
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Glad you liked and thank you! 😊
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thank you for liking mine!
🙂
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You’re welcome! 😊
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🙂
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😊
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🙂
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Dark humour! I enjoyed reading this!
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Glad you liked Anisha! 😊
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I’ve been binge-reading your posts and this has been the best till now! That’s saying something, because all your works are great. ❤️
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Thank you so much Janani for your lovely words 😊
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I loved the unexpected ending!
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Thank you! 😊
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This is dark but why do I laugh? Lovely play at dark humour. It wasn’t something I saw coming.
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Glad you liked! 😊
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Cheers.
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😊
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This is dark 😀
& true.
I enjoyed reading this.
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Thank you! 😊
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Interesting scenario, but ohhhh, sooo true!
Thank You for the Follow! I appreciate it! Blessings!
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Thank you and you’re welcome on the follow! 😊
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I love this! Wonderful story telling.
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Thank you! 😊
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…and thank you for the follow! Perhaps you will inspire me to write another fairy story.
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You’re welcome! A fairy story sounds a wonderful idea 😊
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Fantastic. It is SO clever. I just LOVE the ending!
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked 😊
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