BIRDS
A 4-color reduction linocut
8" x 12" print size
11" x 15" paper size
Hand printed on BFK Rives paper
Edition: 12
Sold unframed
Price includes shipping within the U.S.
A copy of the poem will come with the print.
RIDDLE OF THE CROW
He hops instead of flies in his odd, upright manner.
When I startle him on the path, he squawks away,
rattles impotent wings, hollow bones pocked with air.
The murder flocks to his rescue,
swoops to perch on low branches,
caw-caw-caws its tribal warnings from above.
Each morning I leave a handful of kibble
on a stump. Sometimes I catch him
feeding. If I approach, he ruffles off,
a black panic in feathers. He knows my face,
yet holds me at bay, keeps the tension
between sustenance and threat. I name him
Edward Hopper, nurture him for half a year, hope
we will ride out the winter together. But
when two feet of snow erase the stump, he’s gone.
Leslie Moore
What Rough Beasts
Littoral Books, 2021