perform | Shawn L. Bird

poem-crow on a hot tin roof August 21, 2014

Filed under: Poetry,poodles — Shawn L. Bird @ 4:10 pm
Tags: crow, dog, metaphor, perform, personification, poem, poetry, shed

There’s a crow

on the hot tin roof

of our shed,

tap dancing

and glancing around

the yard

in search of applause.

The dogs catch his eye

but turn away,

well acquainted

with the vain ways

of crows.