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    The Raven Chronicles
    The Raven Chronicles
    The Raven Chronicles
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    The Raven Chronicles

    By David Bainbridge

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    Keep an eye out for the local ravens
    Watch the joy they get from life
    We could all learn from them

     

    Explore the raven world, from the glaciers of the arctic to the deserts of the American Southwest, through this collection of poems and illustrations that highlight the cleverness and adaptability of these strong birds.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRio Redondo Press
    Release dateApr 15, 2021
    ISBN9781735149295
    The Raven Chronicles
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    David Bainbridge

    David Bainbridge is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Optical Music Recognition from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand where he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar. Since moving to Waikato in 1996 he has continued to broadened his interest in digital media, while retaining a particular emphasis on music. An active member of the New Zealand Digital Library project, he manages the group's digital music library, Meldex, and has collaborated with several United Nations Agencies, the BBC and various public libraries. David has also worked as a research engineer for Thorn EMI in the area of photo-realistic imaging and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1991 as the class medalist in Computer Science.

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      The Raven Chronicles - David Bainbridge

      Being Raven

      A raven doesn’t walk

      It struts

      A purposeful side to side stride

      Or energetic skip/hops

      It is a raven’s world

      After all

      Old Friends

      Snowshoes lift the powder snow

      And the wind carries it across the trail

      As the hunter moves up the canyon

      The swish, swish sound gladdens the heart

      As hoar frost sparkles in the sun

      In a meadow ahead, tatanka

      But the old buffalo need not fear the hunter

      As he comes closer he sees kangee (the raven)

      Standing on the buffalo’s back

      The hunter smiles

      All the people in his band know this pair

      Together for many years

      After kangee lost his wife and family in a violent hail storm

      He met the bull, wounded and near death

      Driven out by a younger, stronger bull

      Raven talked with him as the bull’s wounds healed

      Raven talks all the time, but the buffalo listens well

      Now kangee is so old he can barely fly

      Feathers tattered and dull

      One eye has grown dim

      He rides more often than flies

      Tatanka is old beyond old

      But kangee helps keep him safe from the wolves

      Together each day

      They watch the sun rise

      The clouds dance across the sky

      And the stars come out

      Here in the land of the Lakota

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