The Hardest Block

What’s the hardest block of all?

One that will probably cause your downfall?

A block of metal, a block of cheese,

A block of century-old pine trees?

A stumbling block--that’s challenging!

It’s your hurdle, that hard-to-overcome thing.

But since, if you try, you can make your path clear,

A stumbling block is not much to fear.

Or those blocks you must walk to get to school?

They make your feet hurt--SO not cool!

But hey, exercise is truly sublime!

You’re healthy and have a longer lifetime.

Aha! Writer’s block is hard. You see,

It happens in both prose and poetry.

You can’t write a thing! You’re simply struck dumb.

Your mind is blank, it feels a bit numb.

So the hardest block of all must be

Writer’s block! For you’ll pay many a fee,

Boredom! Helplessness! Wasted time!

Just because you can’t write or rhyme…

OH NO! I’ve got writer’s block!

By Cynthia, age 12, Tallahassee, FL