Hello! My name is Josh and I am a member of The Quack.
This December, here at The Quack we have decided to do an advent calendar of creative pieces. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, anything that you deem a creative piece!
Submissions will be open throughout December so feel free to join in at anytime.
For the 2nd of December, we have a poem by myself, a History student from Edge Hill! We hope you enjoy the piece.
A Winter Tableaux
Frost creeps into the floorboards
Day gently breaks over the grayscale sky,
Rays of gentle sunlight are filtered through the soft grey clouds,
A small wooden bridge adorned with blue icicles,
Light bounces off the polished surface of a once rushing stream,
Rainbows formed in stark relief to the overwhelming whiteness of the scene,
In a barren tree, a robin gently taps its way across a branch,
Reaching out it grasps for a sparkly crimson berry,
The crimson starkly contrasted with the tell-tale swirling patterns of frost,
Beyond the trees lies an ancient mountain range,
Boulders appear as trolls locked in an eternal slumber,
Across the valley a small cabin made of solid dark oak,
From a chimney smoke creeps out in tendrils,
Slowly grasping for the sky,
Inside, a solitary figure wrapped in thick woollen blankets,
Beside the fire sits a aged greyhound, its lips twisted into a contented smile,
Day gently breaks through the delicately frosted windows,
The First day of Winter has begun.
Josh
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