Poetry - "Poet at the Window"

Poet at the Window


when you see a poet
standing alone at a window
appearing lazy and doing nothing
i assure you he is working very hard

examining all he sees
wondering how he’ll describe to you
the way the daffodils
bow in the wind to some unseen master

or how over time a rhododendron blooms
how the buds swell until the first flowers unfurl
exploding into pink globes
floating against a galaxy of green

instead he might tell you how azaleas bloom
or leave flowers altogether
to watch a momma bird pull a worm from the lawn
and feed it to her young

but, most likely, he’ll be thinking in metaphors
how weeds remind him of his problems
or the birdbath of a tall cool drink
or how the lawn mower and tall grass
bring to mind the battle between man and nature

kc2010