John Lawless Poet Free verse

A Scraping of Shovels

A SCRAPING OF SHOVELS

From muffled silence
arises a distant drone
…..a scraping of shovels
chattering across concrete cracks
drum rolls of muted angst
…..a scraping of shovels
trembling dominoes
awakening others
….a scraping of shovels
rolling back the cover
of winter’s quilted silence
….a scraping of shovels
earning the price
of an afternoon movie
…a scraping of shovels
welcoming the neighbors
to a frosted block party
…a scraping of shovels
rumbling sound track
of a crystal morning

John G. Lawless
©2.28/2019

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Janice Canerdy March 16, 2019 at 12:47 PM Very well-written and descriptive, John! Janice

Sunlite Wanter March 14, 2019 at 10:32 AM I think I can hear scraping! Very nice.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart March 14, 2019 at 8:16 AM Reading this as I listen to the crack of shovels and the thunder of plows outside... with a snow storm, the racket comes after. Love "frosted block party". Looking forward to your contestants reading list ;) xomo John Lawless March 16, 2019 at 9:58 AM MO, I once told a guy from California I could never deal with the earthquakes......he looked at me in horror and said "BUT YOU GET SNOW!!'