TUESDAY 13th APRIL 2021 ~ FLASH FICTION ~ POETRY
This is a response to a Flash Fiction prompt from ‘The Last Post on WordPress’ ~
Prompt ~ GLIMMER
JANUARY
by John Yeo
Fireworks explode brightly, lighting up the sky
As January bows in on the back of the old year.
Long dark nights and short cold wintry days.
A glimmer of hope for brand new beginnings.
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Frosty rime sparkles on the bare earth fields.
The silence is suddenly, sweetly shattered.
As a Blackbird bursts into melodious song.
When England awakes on a January morning.
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New hopes to build, new dreams, new plans.
January arrives signalling new beginnings.
The seed is now dormant in the frosty earth
Awaiting conditions for growth and rebirth.
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Lisa, lying prone in a hospital ward
Feeling birth-pains acutely as a girl is born.
Tom smiles and cuddles them affectionately.
Their child is the future and a new beginning.
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Her name will be a symbol of renewed hope
She will be named after her birth month,
Their hopes, their dreams and plans for the future
Will be securely fixed on January, their daughter.
A glimmer of hope for brand new beginnings.
© Written by John Yeo ~ All rights reserved.
