Sharron looks back over her experience of 2020, remembering both the highs and lows of the year. Read and/or listen to this charming poem below.
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Way back in March I wondered
when we gathered at GLive
if hopes for 2020
were about to take a dive.
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The festival continued
though we teetered on the brink
of the Spring and Summer lockdown
into which we would soon sink.
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First Mother’s Day then Easter
then a vast array of sport,
our holidays and parties –
careful plans reduced to naught.
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Overnight we realised,
that all the nation’s wealth,
depended on key workers
to deliver food and health.
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It was an anxious time,
a struggle to adapt –
as homes turned into cages
and we watched the news, enrapt.
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I sought escape in writing,
grappling with restricted norms
trying to describe them
in a range of rhyming forms.
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Inspired by Instapoets,
I found that I wrote loads
and now they are all clustered
in a book called ‘Viral Odes’.
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This therapeutic writing
and the folks that GLive day
transported me to Uni
and a fabulous MA.
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I really recommend it,
such a life-enriching time,
plus I can help the festival
which this year is online.
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Please look out for the details
about to be released,
it’s going to be quite special
– a literary feast!
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In short, the year has taught me,
though uncertain times are strange,
there are opportunities
if we’re not afraid of change.
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About the Author – Sharron Green:
A poet of a certain age, I spent lockdown writing poems for my ‘Viral Odes’ booklet and various pandemic themed anthologies. I was inspired to embark on the Creative Writing MA at the University of Surrey following last year’s New Writers Festival and am thoroughly enjoying it. Find me @rhymes_n_roses on Instagram and at https://rhymesnroses.com . Viral Odes is available from Amazon and Lulu.
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