Intelligence

[Magpie]

Intelligence

Better to be cuckoo
sitting on the wire 
introducing spring.

Crow knows
when the chicken
has laid an egg.

-- it blows his world apart

[Bunx]

I don't know if my assumption is right about this crow stealing an egg. In my imagination the Crow gets shot for stealing an egg. Love this poem and the metaphor of the chicken and the egg. Maybe knowing everything will get you in trouble.

[busker]

Intelligence

Better to be cuckoo
sitting on the wire 
introducing spring.

Crow knows
when the chicken
has laid an egg.

-- it blows his world apart

To Bunx's point about the crow getting shot...perhaps that's what the reading is intended to be. 
I like how the poem opens, but the rest of it is hard for me to decipher, and even if it's about crows getting shot for stealing eggs in the spring, I don't see the poet's intent here.
Perhaps some more clues are needed.

[Magpie]

I don't know if my assumption is right about this crow stealing an egg. In my imagination the Crow gets shot for stealing an egg. Love this poem and the metaphor of the chicken and the egg. Maybe knowing everything will get you in trouble.

Your assumption is right Bunx. I was trying to say that the only reason the crow gets shot for 'stealing' the egg is because he is intelligent enough to work it out.

Cheers for reading
Magpie

---

To Bunx's point about the crow getting shot...perhaps that's what the reading is intended to be. 
I like how the poem opens, but the rest of it is hard for me to decipher, and even if it's about crows getting shot for stealing eggs in the spring, I don't see the poet's intent here.
Perhaps some more clues are needed.

That was it really. The crow is clever enough to work out when the egg is laid and how to get to it and therefore his intelligence causes him to get shot. 
When I first put it up here I noticed that perhaps the first stanza wasn't necessary. I just wanted a comparison and 'cuckoo' has two meanings so it was handy.
The first stanza might distract from the rest, I'll have a think about it.

Thanks for the input,
Magpie

[rowens]

Intelligence

Better to be cuckoo
sitting on the wire 
introducing spring.

Crow knows
when the chicken
has laid an egg.

Better not to be a bird, necessarily. The thin/thick line and spring is a new


Crow knows , as the knowing is the crow isn't great to know the new born, cuz the crow is raven and death


-- it blows his world apart


Is that what you were going at? 

[busker]

Also, non Americans wouldn’t think of farmers shooting crows right away
There are guns elsewhere, but used more sparingly

But you’re British, aren’t you?
Perhaps I really don’t know farmers that well

[Magpie]

Intelligence

Better to be cuckoo
sitting on the wire 
introducing spring.

Crow knows
when the chicken
has laid an egg.

Better not to be a bird, necessarily. The thin/thick line and spring is a new


Crow knows , as the knowing is the crow isn't great to know the new born, cuz the crow is raven and death


-- it blows his world apart


Is that what you were going at? 

Yeah. You've give me a bit more to think about there Rowens. 
I'm wondering now if 'raven' is a better symbol and I'm still thinking on that first stanza, not so sure about the sentiment of 'better to be the cuckoo'... you're right about better not to be a bird.

[Magpie]

Also, non Americans wouldn’t think of farmers shooting crows right away
There are guns elsewhere, but used more sparingly

But you’re British, aren’t you?
Perhaps I really don’t know farmers that well

Just noticed this comment now. It must of went up at the same time as my reply to Rowens.

Yes I'm British. This was based on a true story about someone I used to work with who came in one day and told everyone that he'd shot the crow who'd been stealing his eggs. Yeah, farmers in Britain will shoot anything that's not protected or if they can get away with it they'll just shoot anything.

The same guy also told a story of how he marks on the calendar when he hears the first cuckoo.

[Valerie Please]

Who said no first stanza? I like it. I'm probably reading it wrong being an American (unless I'm actually British pretending to be American, conspiracy theories and all), but to me the cuckoo on the wire sounds like a cuckoo clock. So it's a good foil to the crow. It's inanimate and eternal.

xo,
Val

Intelligence

Better to be cuckoo
sitting on the wire 
introducing spring.

Crow knows
when the chicken
has laid an egg.

-- it blows his world apart

[Magpie]

Who said no first stanza? I like it. I'm probably reading it wrong being an American (unless I'm actually British pretending to be American, conspiracy theories and all), but to me the cuckoo on the wire sounds like a cuckoo clock. So it's a good foil to the crow. It's inanimate and eternal.

xo,
Val

Thanks Val, yeah it was me who thought the first stanza might not have been necessary but I do like it, so I'm keeping it. Not intentionally linked the cuckoo with the clock and the connotations involved, but what the hell I'll claim it.

'British pretending to be American'...   hmmm intriguing.