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Sunday, September 25, 2011

The Raven's Truth Be Told

Mag 84


She whispers secrets
 into the night
the heavens mourn
the raven's truth be told

Petrina Lesko
September 2011

linked to Magpie Tales

29 comments:

ayala said...

lovely, Petrina!

Maggie said...

A haunting and beautiful piece.

Tess Kincaid said...

I like the thought of the heavens mourning...

Chronicles of Illusions said...

etheral - evocative

Laurie Kolp said...

Mysterious and introspective. Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my blogs.

JJ Roa Rodriguez said...

could be part of my post for this prompt...

nice lines...

JJRod'z

Kay L. Davies said...

Mmm, so lovely, Petrina, a lovely word picture to go with the photo prompt.

Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

Brian Miller said...

oo very nice...like the blend each line adds so much to the story and nice catch on the raven...

izzy said...

I really like this short piece ! very tight and melodious. Thanks!

kaykuala said...

Petrina,
The secret may afflict adversely, how cruel! Beautiful little verse!

Hank

Full-On-Forward said...

The Raven at the Feet! How dark and mysterious! Truth be told!

John

Isabel Doyle said...

secretive

Lyn said...

Very deep.. Night, heavens mourn..so much in a few lines...

Helen said...

Truth ... yes.

Tumblewords: said...

Haunting with a touch of yearning. Love it...

Unknown said...

I love what the picture has pulled out in all of us. This is a perfect fit

Hope all is well btw

Ann Grenier said...

Ah, makes me wish to hear the secrets that make heaven mourn.

Anonymous said...

Your words provide a great picture.

Dave King said...

I like this very much, particularly the way it preserves the mystery of the image.

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

a perfect story told in a few lines,

divine magpie.

Helena said...

Night time secrets.....to be kept in the dark.

Lolamouse said...

Love that last line!

Margaret said...

Truth always finds a way... no matter how dark it is. Nice, nice. So much said with very little words.

hyperCRYPTICal said...

Lovely stuff.

Anna :o]

ds said...

The truth will out. A beautiful and mysterious piece. Thank you!

Kathryn Stripling Byer said...

Thank you for visiting my Long Black Veil blog poem. I think our poems could be companion pieces, don't you?

Kay said...

this is just beautiful, perfect words for the picture.x

sara koncilja said...

beautiful words... sometimes so much more is said by not telling, than it could ever be expressed otherwise.

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