Conversations with Ravens

December 18, 2023 3 0 Ian Dundas

Some of the best conversations
I have are with
Ravens on blue mornings.
We mourn the old grain silos
and loss of old barns
as yellow leaves fall
upon red leaves
already downed.
They tell me of their struggles –
adventures
close calls with cats
and their general dislike
for pigeons.
Grudges long held.
They ask me if I
will fade into darkness
this evening as
the conversation turns.
I smile and walk back
into the house.

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Ian A Dundas is a 4th generation Montanan who never inherited the family ranch. Instead, he knocked around and stopped writing for 17 years only to now surface in an attempt to regain some failed potential. If there is any. He has been forged by the land, the sudden changing weather, the cities, the small rural towns, and the bars. Ian is a 2003 graduate of Rocky Mountain College and currently works his dead end job in Billings, Montana where he lives in a small house with his dogs.