The Ravens Warning (a Tanka)

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“Ravens fly through the iron‑gate sky, carrying warnings only the attentive will hear.”


The Ravens Warning (a Tanka)

Stealthily they fly,
below the iron‑gate sky—
loud and steely‑eyed.
Ravens warn all passersby:
beware of that sly bad guy.




Under an iron‑gate sky, her voice rises like a warning carried on dark wings




Ivor Steven ©  February 2026



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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

9 thoughts on “The Ravens Warning (a Tanka)”

    1. Thank you for those kind words, … the birds were really crows, but the Tanka’s rhythm flowed a lot better by using “Ravens” … a bit of poetic license my friend 📖🥰😀

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