Shadows of Melancholy
She heard only
flies buzzing
when surrounded by
the beautiful melody
the humming throb,
the beating wings
of mute swans
in flight.
Gil Hoy
Gil Hoy is a Boston poet
and semi-retired trial lawyer who studied poetry at Boston University through
its Evergreen program. Hoy previously received a B.A. in Philosophy and
Political Science from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown
University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served
as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for four terms. Hoy’s poetry has
appeared (or will be appearing) most recently in Chiron Review, Ariel
Chart, Social Justice Poetry, The New Verse News, Poetry24, Right Hand
Pointing/One Sentence Poems, I am not a silent poet, The Potomac, and Clark
Street Review.
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