POEMS FROM THE SHY POET
WRITER'S BLOCK
thoughts
like black butterflies
struggle
to escape
the dormant winter
of my mind
concrete blocks and rusty cans
lie
half-hidden
in the creek
a red-winged blackbird
rasps
its rusty cry
a chainsaw
shatters my solitude
copyright 2002 by G. Walker-Hobbs. This poem appears in the book City on the Rocks, Lighthouse Publishers (2002) This poem may be not reproduced without written permission from the author.
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