Sable gleaming plumage soaring in the winter sky, Messenger of gods, ill omen, Odin's ears and eye; Feaster on the battlefield, escort of the dead, Your presence often prophesies events that all men dread. The wind that rasps through charcoal wings announces your alighting. No cheerful song; a dismal croak that sounds so uninviting. And yet your fabled canniness is something to admire; The intellect and wit that sets your onyx eyes afire. Complexity incarnate in all legends, myths, and lore. Reviled and praised, feared, revered, storied bird of war! Was ever such a bird so wrought with meaning and with fear? In this, oh stately raven, you are surely without peer.
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Amazing tribute to the best bird out there! I loved reading through this twice. It's gorgeous!
Banger! This one made me hit subscribe.