Junior Words, 33

A High School Teacher’s Final List

List #7: (e) portent, (f) atelier

So one day in my atelier

I saw a portent in the air.

Outside it was a sunny day,

But then it was I saw a pair

Of ravens by the window glass.

And I was startled to the core.

Before I felt a moment pass,

Those ravens, both, quoth, “Nevermore!”