Crow Visitors — Summary

Linda BCheerful

A pair of crows- visitors each morning- startle when we open the door, fly away in tandem, a steadfast couple. They soon return to gather the breakfast peanuts and settle at the birdbath. Each holds a peanut, dipping, cracking. During the munching, their husky calls reach our own breakfast table. Here are my husband and myself, reading news bits to each other, chomping on the granola and blueberries.

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Linda B's poem describes a small, ordinary morning ritual: a pair of crows arrives each day for the peanuts the speaker and her husband leave out. At first the birds are wary and fly off together when the door opens, but they soon come back, settle at the birdbath, and crack their peanuts while the humans eat inside.

The speaker clearly feels warmth and quiet amusement. She calls the crows "a steadfast couple," which hints that she sees something of her own marriage in them. The ending makes this link gentle and playful. The crows dip and crack their peanuts, and the speaker and her husband read the news aloud and chomp on granola and blueberries. Two pairs, two breakfasts, each within earshot of the other.

The mood is calm, cozy, and content. Nothing dramatic happens, and the plain language suits that. The poem seems to suggest that small daily routines, shared with a partner and with the wild creatures nearby, are worth noticing.

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