Gregarious,
Frugilegus,
Intelligent
and
Loud
If you've seen
one Rook
then chances are
you've seen a crowd
A group of Rooks
is called sometimes
a Parliament or Clamour,
sometimes a Storytelling
filled with iridescent Glamour
Invertebrates
and Carrion
are eaten
in the
Rookery
No need for
these big birds
to practice
any kind of
Cookery
©Ruth Bowen Hersey
I'm really enjoying this project again this year. It's a lot of fun doing research on all these beautiful birds and creating my 100% AI-free poems. It makes the world seem bigger and brighter to know that all these species are out there.
Here are all the Birdtober posts so far:
Jama is hosting Poetry Friday today.
6 comments:
What fun to learn about rooks! Your poem made me smile as it ended with ʼcookery.ʼ
Your poem about rooks uses rhymes and it cooks! Well done, Ruth - and that's the truth!
I appreciate all of the word play you used throughout the poem. Thanks for teaching me a new word - Frugilegus!
Delightful, Ruth! And I admire you for being able to use the word "Frugilegus" in a poem. Awesome!
Impressive rhyming, Ruth, and thanks for the new to me "frugilegus"!
Now I'm wondering if the rook (bird) gifted its name to the rook (chess piece)... Such a delight to learn along with you, Ruth.
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