I Read Poems: Crow Daughter by Gabriela Avelino

 

Crow Daughter by Gabriela Avelino in Kaleidotrope

The world is a terrible place, of ruin and decay. So when the crow daughter comes out of the fragile womb she must be prepared. For a life of carrion and scavenging.

Even if her inheritance is rage and pain.

Read This: For a poem about passing on what is
needed to survive
Don’t Read This: Too bloody and visceral