Comment from Rachelle Allen

Excellent

Love-love-love this one!! Clever, mysterious, creative, artistic and very fun to read. You amaze me with your ability to deliver such masterful pieces with abundance. Your artistry knows no bounds!! xoxox

 Comment Written 18-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, Rachelle. I like crows and ravens... they are mysterious creatures.

Gypsy hugs

Comment from RJ Heritage

Excellent

The mere name of a group of crows, inspire deep thought in my mind. They are utterly attired for the crime that they perceive. Very well put, with great imagery that stirs the imagination.
RJ

 Comment Written 18-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 18-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, RJ 😊

Gypsy

reply by RJ Heritage on 18-Aug-2024

Your welcome
RJ

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

You have always liked that crow group name. This time the ominous crows are not implicated in any crime but they are keen observers and although are witnesses, they won't talk!

 Comment Written 17-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2024

haha ... crows can talk, but not these ones, you are right 😊 I do like crows and ravens. I painted a paint of crows once but I gave it to Dean, he loved them too. I miss painting.

Thank you very much, Big Sister. I hope you are taking some time for yourself.

love,

MariVal

Comment from Mark D. R.

Excellent

Gypsy,

Good use for the murder of crows collective for this Haiku verse.

Your selected artwork and color scheme always complement your posting - nicely done!

Mark

 Comment Written 17-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, Mark

Gypsy

Comment from shelley kaye

Excellent

love the second pic!!
it does look like they are watching over something...
great crow haiku
cool imagery and smooth flow

thank you for sharing!
shelley :)

 Comment Written 17-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, Shelley. I like those gothic-looking pictures too. I search for 'art nouveau' on Pinterest and i get some pretty ones.

Gypsy

Comment from Debbie D'Arcy

Excellent

I love crows and their collective name. Your excellent verse and beautiful presentation capture the character of this remarkable bird with humour, personification and alliteration. Well done! Debbie

 Comment Written 17-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, Debbie

Gypsy

Comment from Katiemae1977

Excellent

Excellent job Gypsy. It makes me wonder what the crime was :-)). Nice haiku with appropriate syllable count and grammatical interconnection between lines.

 Comment Written 17-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, Katie Mae

Gypsy

Comment from Esther Brown

Excellent

Murder of crows. I liked the poem a lot. Is a baby crow a potential murderer? Battalion of buzzards? Crash of hippos. Love where the names lead. There was a formatting thingy in the notes under the poem where I think you meant to say "don't"? Esther

 Comment Written 17-Aug-2024

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reply by the author on 17-Aug-2024

Thank you very much, Esther. Some of the animal group names are really funny.

ANIMAL GROUPS NAMES LIST

Alligators: congregation
Ants: nest, troups, army, colony, swarm
Apes: shrewdness
Assess: pace, herd, drove
Baboons: troop
Badgers: cete
Bats: colony, cloud or camp
Bears: sloth or sleuth
Beavers: family, colony
Black Birds: cloud, a cluster, or a merle
Bees: bike, swarm, grist, hive, nest, rabble
Baboons: troop
Boars: sounder, singular
Buffalo: gang or obstinacy, herd, troop
Butterfly: flutter
Buzzards: wake
Camels: a caravan, train, flock
Caribou: herd
Cats: clowder, cluster, glaring;
Cats/Kittens: a litter or kindle;
Cats/Wild cats: a destruction, a pounce
Caterpillars: army
Cattle: herd, drove
Chickens: brood, peep
Cheetah: collection
Cockroaches: intrusion
Cormorants: gulp
Cow: flink
Cobras: quiver
Crane: construction, dance, sedge, siege, swoop
Crocodiles: bask, float
Crows: murde
Deer: herd
Dogs: pack, coterie, prairie
Dogs/Puppies: litter
Dolphins: pod
Donkeys: drove, a herd, a pace
Doves: bevy, cote, flight, dule, arc, pitying of doves
Ducks: raft, team, paddling, badling, flock
Eagles: convocation, aerie
Eels: bed, swarm
Egrets: congregation, heronry, RSVP, skewer, and wedge
Elephants: parade, herd, memory
Elk: gang or a herd
Emus: mob
Falcons: cast
Ferrets: business
Finches: charm
Firefly: sparkle
Fish: school, shoal
Flamingos: stand, flamboyance
Flies: swarm, cloud, business
Foxes: skulk, leash, troop
Frogs: army
Geese: gaggle, skein
Giraffes: tower, herd, corps
Gnats: swarm, cloud, horde
Goats: flock, herd, tribe, trip
Goldfish: troubling
Gorillas: band, troop
Grasshoppers: cloud
Gulls: colony
Hares: down, husk
Hawks: boil, cast, kettle
Herons: siege, sedge, scattering, hedge
Hoatzins: herd
Hippopotami: bloat
Horses: herd, band
Hounds: mute, brace, pack
Hyenas: cackle
Iguanas: mess
Jaguars: shadow
Jays: band, party, scold
Jellyfish: smack, brood
Kangaroos: troop, mob, herd
Larks: exaltation
Lemurs: conspiracy
Leopards: leap
Lions: pride
Lizards: lounge
Loons called a raft, a waterdance, a cry and an asylum.
Magpies: tiding
Mice: nest
Moles: labor
Monkeys: barrel, cartload, troop, pack
Moose: herd
Mules: pack, barren, span
Otters: family, romp
Oxen: team, drove, yoke
Owls: parliament
Oysters: bed
Pandas: bamboo of pandas, An embarrassment, and a cupboard
Parrots: pandemonium, company
Peacocks: ostentation, pride, muster
Pelicans: pod
Penguins: rookery, colony
Pheasants: bouquet, nye
Pigs: drift, drove, team, heard
Pigs/younger: sounder
Ponies: string
Porcupines: prickle
Porpoises: school, pod
Quail: bevy, covey
Rabbits: herd, fluffle, warren, nest
Raccoons: gaze, nursery
Rats: colony
Rattlesnakes: rhumba
Ravens: unkindness, conspiracy
Rhinoceroses: crash, stubbornness
Rooks: building, clamor
Sardines: family
Seagulls: colony
Starfish: constellation, asteroids, or galaxy
Seals: pod, harem, herd, colony
Shark: shiver, school, shoal
Sheep: flock, fold
Skunk: stench
Snakes: pit, nest, den, bed, knot
Sparrows: host, ubiquity
Spiders: clutter
Squirrels: dray, scurry
Starlings: chattering, murmuration
Stingrays: fever
Storks: mustering
Swallows: flight, gulp
Swans: bevy, herd, game, bank (flight: a wedge)
Swine: sounder, drift, herd, drove
Tigers: ambush, streak
Toads: knot, nest
Trout: hover
Turkeys: gang, rafter, dole, flock
Turtles: bale, turn, nest
Unicorns: blessing
Walruses: huddle, herd
Weasels: colony, gang, sneak, pack
Whales: pod, school, gam
Wolves: pack, rout
Wombats: wisdom
Woodpeckers: descent
Zebras: herd, cohort, zeal

Gypsy