Delia's Gone

merlin:

Collective nouns for birds

God damn. Dozens of terrible poems from my second year of college—just waiting to happen. 

So great. Where to begin?

• a venue of vultures   
• an unkindness of ravens   
• a congregation of plovers   
• a tidings of magpies   
• a siege of bitterns   
• a clattering of choughs   
• a covert of coots   
• a trip of dotterel   
• a clattering of jackdaws   

I’m mildly embarrassed to note that “An Unkindness of Ravens” is the name of the fictional book written by the fictional Lucas on the fictional show One Tree Hill.  I can only imagine it was dripping with teen heartthrob-style angst.