A flash poem written for JD Mader's 2minutes go writing exercise... several days late, but getting there!
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, September 24, 2017
Blackbirds
Blackbirds
cry, shadows streaming across orange-streaked skies,
Scratching
verses into the walls of this valley wrapt with echoes –
Their
silken patterns criss-cross in shimmering slides of movement,
Flickering dark ghosts between the green, twitching leaves.
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, September 24, 2017
