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So here here it is the new year has begun And already it hasn't been much fun Another lockdown All wearing a frown And there's no place on earth where we can run... We were promised a world beating vaccine And real proof of it has yet to be seen The virus has mutated Mankind getting frustrated And fed up of this enforced quarantine... Empty promises and false hope are rife All it brings us is frustration and strife So roll on next year Bring much needed cheer And put normality back into life... Written 7th January 2021

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Valsa George

Date: 3/19/2022 11:35:00 PM

Now by March, your prayer is almost heeded Tom. Life is getting back to normal. Hope it will stay ! This is a series of limericks that present the stark realities of the times

Tom Cunningham
Date: 3/19/2022 11:38:00 PM

Thank you very much Valsa, just heard of another variant on the scene, thankfully not so many getting seriously ill from it now. Tom

Jennifer Fenn

Date: 1/28/2021 3:08:00 PM

Amen!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/29/2021 3:46:00 AM

Thank you Jennifer. Tom

Sally Eslinger

Date: 1/24/2021 10:32:00 AM

Well, Tom, I turned 70 this month and every yr now has got to be greatly used. You wrote so well the truth in this poem and yes it frustrating and yes I like , smiling, actually, at rolling over now but 4 me the idea of 71 now without anything new in my scrapbook is a bit of a downer, wearing a mask is simpler.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/25/2021 1:03:00 AM

Thank you very much Sally, You're right though our great grandkids will wonder why there's no mention of 2020 in our scrapbooks, im hoping that 2021 doesn't go the same way. We live in hope. Have a good week. Tom

Tony Hargreaves

Date: 1/14/2021 9:56:00 AM

Hi Tom. Enjoyed this Limerick. Yes, we hear empty promises and false hope. Mother Nature asserts. Mankind is on the slippery slope. Tony

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/14/2021 10:02:00 AM

Thank you very much Tony, our government seem to shut the stable door when the horse has bolted, mankind abusing mother earth will lead to our destruction. Tom

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 1/13/2021 2:03:00 PM

Hear, hear Tom! Well done :) Linda

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/13/2021 2:56:00 PM

Thank you very much Linda, we've had the highest death toll today since it started, I thought this year would see the end of it, we live in hope. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 1/10/2021 11:26:00 AM

Hi Tom, what concerns me is your 2nd verse, the vaccine when will it be available to all - its really scary out there. Be safe you and all of yours. Blessings, Jennifer.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/10/2021 12:07:00 PM

Thank you Jennifer, I thought it would be soon now they are saying by autumn, thats almost a year. Will it ever end. Tom

Rob Levasseur

Date: 1/9/2021 11:04:00 AM

Gratitude is my mantra. I don't get caught up in all this hoopla.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/9/2021 1:23:00 PM

Thank you Rob, dispite everything its still a beautiful world and there is so much to be grateful for. Tom

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 1/9/2021 9:44:00 AM

I do hope we will get past the pandemic, Tom. The frustration and concern you describe so well is all we see right now. Take care and stay well, my friend! Great limerick - timely and compelling. Hugs, Carolyn

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/9/2021 1:26:00 PM

Thank you very much Carolyn, I think the most of this year will still see restrictions still in place, we just have to make of what we've got and hope that normality will be restored at some point. Tom

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 1/9/2021 3:48:00 AM

How marvelously done my friend, Tom! So true, so accurate, so promising! I pray things get better soon! Superb Limericks!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/9/2021 3:55:00 AM

Thank you very much Demetrios, we're off to a bad start with a rising death toll, hopefully we'll see an end to it in the near future. Tom

Harry Horsman

Date: 1/8/2021 9:59:00 PM

I applaud your poetry, and its sentiment. And wish as you do..Harry

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/9/2021 3:32:00 AM

Thank you very much Harry, hope you are keeping well. Tom

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 1/8/2021 4:28:00 PM

Fantastic Limericks for the time we’re going through Tom. Life’s getting tougher instead of better, And we’re coming to the end of our tether. If we should survive, And come out alive, Imagine wondrous getting together... Belle

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/9/2021 3:32:00 AM

Love the comnent Belle, another few months of this,, I think it will be autumn before we see any big changes, viruses run out of hosts and become dormant but never die off. Tom

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/8/2021 4:27:00 PM

Oh baby let the good times roll. roll on roll on roll on. I think some guy named Harry sang those lines? Today's new lyrics: let the good times roll away.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/9/2021 3:29:00 AM

I think they already have Andrea, god only knows when we'll see normality again. Enjoy your weekend. Tom

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 1/8/2021 2:53:00 PM

Hello Tom … Happy New Year and may we get to read many more of your fine rhymes to help distract us from the gloom. Another top shelf of limericks to get the year off to a good start - thank you Tom - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 3:41:00 PM

Thank you very much Lindsay, hopefully these vaccines will work but meantime humour will see us through. Hope your new year is going well. Tom

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/8/2021 8:36:00 AM

Tom, I wonder when--or if--we will see "normal" again! Your limericks are well done--very timely! Janice

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 10:23:00 AM

Thank you Janice, I think the virus will just fade away if it cant find new hosts, but im thinking next autumn before we see any real change, i hope I'm wrong. Tom

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 1/8/2021 7:09:00 AM

Oh how soon we want to get back to normal life but we must endure through this long night.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 7:10:00 AM

Thanks Kim, I think we've still got a few dark days ahead of us. Tom

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/8/2021 1:18:00 AM

2021 is not going to be pleasant and many do not obey the rules. And we have, alas forgotten, the healing powers of God. ~~

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 4:21:00 AM

Thank you Victor, while people still carry on partying and not taking it seriously it will just drag on until the virus has nowhere else to go, they still don't know if the vaccine will prevent you spreading it even though you might not show symptoms. Tom

Besma Riabi Dziri

Date: 1/7/2021 11:47:00 PM

I join you in your warm hearty prayers for a blissful, blessed and panic free new year.. Let's hope the world won't be in the wrong hands, manipulated by evil hearts, spreading fake news and promises.. Let's pray for a new radiating dawn where Nature reigns with its healing powers.. Let's hope for a true connection to the root of all good and beauty, Love that will mend all that is broken.. great poetry! A gem! Thank you so much, Tom for sharing such genuine thoughts and sentiments.. Stay safe.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 4:22:00 AM

Thank you very much Besma, I hope you are well. We hope and pray that this year will see some sort of normality return to mankind. Tom

Eve Roper

Date: 1/7/2021 11:11:00 PM

Very well said, Tom, I am so tired of being quarantined. Hugs Eve

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 4:18:00 AM

Thank you very much Eve, it does nothing for peoples mental health. Tom

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/7/2021 8:55:00 PM

Amen, Brother Tom! A clear-headed analysis if ever there was one! Best wishes for an improved year!!! :) gw

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 4:17:00 AM

Thank you Gershon. I hope so too but I think it will be autumn before we see any real change to our current situation. Tom

Panagiota Romios

Date: 1/7/2021 5:01:00 PM

Vaccines do not mean you will not get it. Lockdowns assure your death. We need, the exercise, the freedom. We are not dogs in Kennels. The second vaccine out has 2 years coverage. As my daughter said what happened to the cold and flu. Communist China did lockdowns, Italty and NYC. Many died! CA lockdown 9 months in a Row. Many dying here, Ventilators are added causes of death avoid ER rooms at all costs. Pangie. Note, we have to stand up to the goofs locking us down. Get it?

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/8/2021 4:15:00 AM

Thank you Pangie, a nurse in Wales had the (magic vaccine) three weeks later tested positive. The virus has its own agenda and will just fade away when it has no hosts to carry on. Tom

Alexis Y.

Date: 1/7/2021 3:57:00 PM

Hi Tom, We said and well done.It’s still the beginning of year, hopefully that can come up with a vaccine that works soon. Have a wonderful day my friend:-) Alexis

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/7/2021 4:24:00 PM

Thank you very much Alexis, I read today a doctor in Florida died from the vaccine, had an adverse reaction to it, I hope its safe and it was a one off. Hope your day going well. Tom

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 1/7/2021 3:57:00 PM

Hello Tom Cunningham, I am waiting for my vaccine like many others. I sense it will be a longer wait. enjoy your evening my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 1/8/2021 9:52:00 AM

Hello Tom your right they are not quick enough. Yes for many it will be too late, enjoy your day my friend.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/7/2021 4:21:00 PM

Thank you very much Darlene, they're not quick enough in my opinion, for many it will be too late. Tom

Vijay Pandit

Date: 1/7/2021 3:02:00 PM

You speak for the world, Tom. May be 2022 will be better.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/7/2021 4:20:00 PM

Thank you very much Vijay, I knew this year would get off to a bad start and experts are saying it could be the autumn before we see light at the end of the tunnel. Tom

Ilene Bauer

Date: 1/7/2021 12:43:00 PM

well-said, tom! i don't know when (or if) things will ever be "normal" again...

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/7/2021 1:44:00 PM

Thank you very much Ilene, I don't think this year is faring any better, I know like me you like to travel but I think our suitcases will be gathering dust until next year at least. I hope you are well. Tom

Rico Leffanta

Date: 1/7/2021 11:42:00 AM

The problem is communication skills! Face masks prevent lip reading and facial expression communications, so quite a vast number of people still do not understand it is a pandemic which can only be contained by strict adherence to pandemic guidelines. No vaccine will cure mental illness! Aloha! Rico

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/7/2021 1:42:00 PM

Thank you very much Rico, you're right, mental problems are increasing along with suicides. They tried transparent masks because of the communication problems but it hasn't taken off. Tom