FRIDAY 9th APRIL 2021 ~ POETRY
This is a response to a Flash Fiction prompt from ‘The Last Post on WordPress’
Prompt ~Incubate
INCUBATE
by John Yeo
Bird lays eggs
in her nest
provides warmth
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from soft down
incubates.
Chicks soon hatch.
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Hunt for food
nestlings grow
and soon fledge.
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This is a Tricubes poetry form.
Each line contains three syllables.
Each stanza contains three lines.
Each poem contains three stanzas
© Written by John Yeo ~ All rights reserved.
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FREEDOM
by John Yeo
We survived the unruly protection of the nest,
There were two of us left on the final day
Pushing and fighting for survival of the fittest
The others died slowly and wasted away.
One day we were forced to fend for each other.
Pushed into flight by our parents insisting
Our shining iridescent plumage glistened over
As our feathers formed and became powerful wings.
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Gliding, soaring gracefully, a bird on the move,
A fully fledged miracle flying in heaven’s high.
Soaring close to the clouds floating above.
Survival in the folds of an unpredictable sky.
Calling loudly with a natural melody
Revelling in a new found freedom of spirit.
A powerful instinctive natural urge to belong
To the freedom of the life we were now to inherit.
© ~ Written by John Yeo ~ All rights reserved.