Analysis of Rest Stop Crows

Thomas Molitor 1953 (Tacoma)



We are here to eat and you are
here to see what we're eating.

It is a sunny and muggy day as weary
travelers unpack picnic provisions.

You are not the crows of Hitchcock,
for those were ravens not crows.

You are not the crows of Castaneda,
for there are no Don Juans here to teach.

And you are not the crows of Shakespeare,
for MacBeth never picnics at rest stops.

You are the crows of half-eaten Cheetos
and Doritos and convenience store burritos.  

Rest stop crows never rest. They are
loiterers of litter now and for evermore.


Scheme AX XB XX XX XX BX AX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 1111110 110100101110 100011010 1110111 1101011 1110110010 111111111 01110111 101101111 110111101 01000101010 11110111 111010110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 543
Words 115
Sentences 9
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

Seeing crows picking at discarded fast-food bags at a highway rest stop inspired me to compare them with the crows of literature and lore.

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Written on March 01, 2024

Submitted by on March 19, 2024

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