Writing Exercise 122

Hello there!
This week I have a German sonnet for you, prompted by one of my buddies from the art group. It is about the character of another member of this group. Here it is:

2018/04/10 – Lich King (German sonnet)

On a grim and starless full-moon night

From the graves clouds of mist arise

Haunting howls herald your demise

Glowing green eyes shine so bright

On the graveyard the Crypt thrones

From inside you hear a rattling sound

Ghastly creatures, their skulls quite round

An undead army of metal and bones

Through the halls mystic chants ring

On a throne of bones sits the Lich King

Mindless servants his will abide

His unstoppable hordes leave in their wake

Death and devastation and souls to take

He has a raven by his side

Writing Exercise 082

A new month -- a new weekly writing exercise. This time I wrote a poem. Let's see what -- or who -- this is about, shall we?
Enjoy!

2017/07/05 – the raven (poem)

Once upon an afternoon fine

I looked through a window of mine

And just on the neighbour's roof

Sat a raven, quite aloof

For a while I watched him sit

And I pondered about his wit

Concluded that he didn't lack

Seeing that he watched me back

So I nodded as a greeting

And just for a moment fleeting

I thought a cow flew over the moon

As in my mind he cawed: “Good afternoon.”

Quoth the Raven

I must admit, I really like the works of E.A.Poe. Especially the poem "The Raven" is one of my favourites.
Then I discovered the band Omnia has turned this very poem into a song -- a really good one with all the darkness and grief which the poem holds.
Inspired by these two works I drew a picture of a raven and coloured it with SAI. Here are the two versions I did: