1. SubscriberVery Rusty
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    01 Apr '20 18:08
    @rookie54 said
    @Very-Rusty
    those are crows
    corvus brachyrhynchos
    LOL......Perhaps I should have actually looked at the video you put up first! 😉 😛

    -VR
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    @very-rusty said
    What is difference between Crow and Raven?

    -VR
    Ravens are part of the Crow family.
    So a Raven is a crow.
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    01 Apr '20 20:55
    @wolfgang59 said
    Ravens are part of the Crow family.
    So a Raven is a crow.
    I've argued that point in vain for years.

    A raven is not a crow!

    They sure look a lot alike........Perhaps we could call them first cousins?

    -VR
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    01 Apr '20 20:56
    @ghost-of-a-duke said
    In fairness old friend, I wrote the whole thing in 3 and a half minutes.
    It was very good for 3 minutes but you wasted those last 30 seconds!
    btw: the Prose competition won't be the same without you!
    Are you still going to work or isolating?
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    @very-rusty said
    I've argued that point in vain for years.
    Precisely, in vain because you are wrong!

    Magpies are also crows.


    (Not the Australian Magpie though ... it is not a true magpie!
    We had one in our garden in the summer and I had to look it up)
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    01 Apr '20 21:221 edit
    @wolfgang59 said
    Precisely, in vain because you are wrong!

    Magpies are also crows.


    (Not the Australian Magpie though ... it is not a true magpie!
    We had one in our garden in the summer and I had to look it up)
    You just will not admit when you're wrong is all!

    Have a look at the tail on a raven and then on a crow, you'll see the difference eventually!

    Then again, you're not going to admit you were wrong are you! 😛 😉

    -VR
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    @very-rusty said
    You just will not admit when you're wrong is all!

    Have a look at the tail on a raven and then on a crow, you'll see the difference eventually!

    Then again, you're not going to admit you were wrong are you! 😛 😉

    -VR
    Look VR ... I don't want an argument you are clearly wrong.

    "Crow" isn't even a particular species it's just the local name for the local
    member of the crow family! What is your crow? Corvus brachyrhynchos
    or Corvus caurinus or something else? In the UK the "crow" is
    Corvus corone
    other members of the crow family in UK are given other
    common names; rooks, ravens, magpies, et c.
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    @c-j-horse said
    It's a short poem and I wondered what people might think in terms of its quality and emotional appeal. I have a reason for asking. I should stress that I AM NOT the author.

    Waiting! Waiting!
    Waiting for a letter
    Waiting every day.

    Will a letter ever come
    Telling me good news?
    Will a letter ever come
    Telling me any news?

    A knock on the door
    A knock on the door ...[text shortened]...
    A letter has come.

    Bad news! Bad news!
    He's dead! He's dead!
    Oh what can I do
    Now he's dead?
    While I can see this as potentially scripted and performed on-stage. I do understand why it might not be seen well, as purely a poem, through traditionalist eyes.

    Having said that, I shall always believe that poetry lies in the heart of the pen holder.
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    @wolfe63 said
    While I can see this as potentially scripted and performed on-stage. I do understand why it might not be seen well, as purely a poem, through traditionalist eyes.

    Having said that, I shall always believe that poetry lies in the heart of the pen holder.
    Poetry dwells in the holder's heart
    Whether pen or lowly pencil
    Amazing words come spilling out
    And thoughts not at all presidential
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    @wolfgang59 said
    It was very good for 3 minutes but you wasted those last 30 seconds!
    btw: the Prose competition won't be the same without you!
    Are you still going to work or isolating?
    Ha! Too kind sir. Working from home at present.

    Below is a poem I just wrote for my mum on Facebook, who is currently on her own in isolation and missing the grandkids. (Her only outside adventure is climbing a hill twice a week to top up a leaking communal pond, to keep the fish alive).

    Twice a week she climbs a hill
    to fill her pond with water
    she’s grateful that she has a son,
    …she also has a daughter.

    Though stuck in isolation
    she’s far from being lazy,
    has cleaned every room twenty times,
    we fear she’s going crazy.

    Despite her marbles lost
    our hero doesn’t gripe,
    she plays her son at quizzes,
    and has even learned to Skype.

    In several weeks she will emerge,
    like a tortoise or a mole,
    she’ll hop around like Gollum
    drink her coffee from a bowl.

    But no matter how much she de-evolves,
    behaves a little dumb,
    we’ll all be glad to have her back,
    because she is our mum.
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    02 Apr '20 11:35
    @wolfgang59 said
    Look VR ... I don't want an argument you are clearly wrong.

    "Crow" isn't even a particular species it's just the local name for the local
    member of the crow family! What is your crow? Corvus brachyrhynchos
    or Corvus caurinus or something else? In the UK the "crow" is
    Corvus corone
    other members of the crow family in UK are given other
    common names; rooks, ravens, magpies, et c.
    wg 59 we have always called crows 'crows' and ravens 'ravens', that is what they are called here in Canada. Just ask any Canadian.

    -VR
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    @ghost-of-a-duke said
    Ha! Too kind sir. Working from home at present.

    Below is a poem I just wrote for my mum on Facebook, who is currently on her own in isolation and missing the grandkids. (Her only outside adventure is climbing a hill twice a week to top up a leaking communal pond, to keep the fish alive).

    Twice a week she climbs a hill
    to fill her pond with water
    she’s gratefu ...[text shortened]... he de-evolves,
    behaves a little dumb,
    we’ll all be glad to have her back,
    because she is our mum.
    Better than anything I've seen from sookie!

    Good Job!

    -VR
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    02 Apr '20 11:381 edit
    @handyandy said
    Poetry dwells in the holder's heart
    Whether pen or lowly pencil
    Amazing words come spilling out
    And thoughts not at all presidential
    I don't believe I've seen any poetry from you Andy.

    -VR
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    02 Apr '20 13:11
    @very-rusty said
    wg 59 we have always called crows 'crows' and ravens 'ravens', that is what they are called here in Canada. Just ask any Canadian.

    -VR
    "we have always called", is not an argument, it is an excuse for ignorance
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    @very-rusty said
    I don't believe I've seen any poetry from you Andy.

    -VR
    and yet, you quoted his poetry right there in yer response
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