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To Be Alive, a Poem by Jaime Grookett
I never remembered him taking off his boots The way he crept to the side of the bed Pressed his toes gently on the rubber heels Sliding...
Jamie Grookett
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Today in America, a Poem by John Grey
The sky is neutral, blue above, red at the edges – same for the earth, red and brown, occasional breaks for blue lakes and white snowcaps...
John Grey
Nov 6, 20201 min read
Resurgemus, a Poem by VaL Smit
The forest lain out beneath the iron sky of winter Is stiffened in frost Frozen in fog The mists as chill as death wandering to the...
VaL Smit
Oct 30, 20201 min read
Sunny August Afternoon in Kathmandu, a Poem by Bhuwan Thapaliya
On a sunny August afternoon in Kathmandu, I heard the whine of sirens. Looking up from my laptop screen, I saw ambulances careering up...
Bhuwan Thapaliya
Oct 16, 20201 min read
In Witness to A Pandemic Cleansing, a Poem by Sherre Vernon
. And then, the sadness came & so I braced the falling shelves, broke free the cobwebs from the doorframe. Traced my eyes from heaven to...
Sherre Vernon
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Staying In, a Poem by by Sherre Vernon
(—how long will you stay here —) fieldglyph stonemarker, you (—how long highwaystill & pantryfull three to a bed—five to a house...
Sherre Vernon
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Corona Summer: Safe at Home, a Poem by Jim Andrukonis
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID'. No crack of the bat or sluice of dirt As you fly feet-first into third. No dramatic...
Jim Andrukonis
Aug 30, 20201 min read
Quarantine Prayer, a Poem by Almond Syiem
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID'. for them counting breaths in strange seclusion, in complex friendship with oxygenating...
Almond Syiem
Aug 26, 20201 min read
The Water-Tank, a Poem by Fatima Farhad
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID'. A poem in response to Youth Speaks' “Writing Prompts to Bridge Social Distance”. You...
Fatima Farhad
Aug 23, 20202 min read
Riding This Out, a Poem by Stephen House
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID'. my mum is ninety and in a nursing home her main joy is the visits she gets but the...
Stephen House
Aug 16, 20202 min read
Social Dissonance, a Poem by Des Mannay
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID'. Coronavirus has pushed the death toll in the United Kingdom to its highest level since...
Des Mannay
Aug 9, 20203 min read
A Tibetan Story, a Poem by Almond Syiem
I Behind snow-clad ranges is an enormous plateau of unfulfilled dreams. Beyond margins that draw lines between nations, wild horses...
Contributor
Aug 7, 20202 min read
Credit to All the Front-line Healthcare Workers, a Poem by Ndaba Sibanda
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' A planet caught up in anxiety, a myriad, a cloud of uncertainties a globe caught up in...
Contributor
Aug 5, 20201 min read
Focusing on the Good, a Poem by Linda M. Crate
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' there will always be concerns and worries, some monster waiting to kill us with fangs...
Contributor
Jul 29, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Dahlias, a Poem by Ken Pobo
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID'. When I exhale in my mask my glasses fog up. Today is humid. I can barely see where I’m...
Kenneth Pobo
Jul 22, 20201 min read
Footprints, a Poem by JP Lorence
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' The sidewalk is an empty wasteland. Yesterday it teemed with life, with love, with...
Contributor
Jul 15, 20201 min read
Uncertain, a Poem by Carol Kanter
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' Whoever puts much faith in seers, crystal balls, tarot cards tea leaves, palm readings...
Contributor
Jul 12, 20201 min read
Pathogen, a Poem by JP Lorence
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' Disease. I know exactly who you are. The first time we talked, I was hiding in my room,...
Contributor
Jul 5, 20201 min read
New Neighbors, a Poem by Lancelot Schaubert
For the collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' This green haven I know Bears evidence of new neighbors: Maybe I should bring some...
Contributor
Jul 1, 20201 min read
World-Woking, a Poem by Sarra Culleno
The collection: 'Life in the time of #COVID' "After my revolution, you might learn to be free" said the world who's axis turned grounds,...
Contributor
Jun 28, 20201 min read
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