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Blackbirds: A Poem

April 20, 2015 Robert J V Christensen Poetry, Writing animals, appreciation, april poetry month, bird, blackbird, grackle, nature, poem, poetry, writing

All your birdseed is going to the blackbirds, he said,
They’re birds too, I replied.

The crowd of grackles
perched upon the wrought iron
weaved and hopped.

Fluffing up their feathers,
like black balloons,
until they deflate with
a metallic screech.
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Robert Christensen is a contest winning freelance writer and poet living with disability in rural Nebraska. Through his struggles with illness Robert has come to understand the value of finding escape and purpose through creative expression. He is happily married to Andrea Christensen. They have three cats: Macke, Revel and Gallivant.

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