Epidemic Poems

A Blues Sonnet for Jan

Event: Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902—Measles epidemic in the concentration camps.
In the voice of: Sannie Botha (a survivor).

Jan’s cough kept me awake all through the night.
The children are all coughing in the night;
the fevers gave us all a mighty fright.

The red, now itchy, spots on body parts;
“Oh! Son Jan, don’t you scratch the itchy parts,
as scabs and

CHILD ABUSE IS AN EPIDEMIC

Children today, are the future of tomorrow
Why destroy a life before it starts
A world problem that's overlooked
I can't understand why we mistreat our kids

Society condones this criminal offense
Where not enough attention is given
As parents, home violence must stop
We must be more accountable to our kids

Case loads are of epidemic proportions
Which are tolerated by the court

Synthetic Epidemic

Yet another soul taken away.
Another family's loss is great.
Another time tears rolled down this face.
Why won't they realize its purpose and quit making these mistakes 

Barely an adult still having child like thoughts
Barely coping with life and all that it's brought
Numbing the emotions is what is sought
But death is all that's caught.

They feel these struggles

Epidemic of Peace

Do you know what you’re inspiring? 
Awakening a dormant soul,
to witness this is so exhilarating;

Epidemic of peace transpiring 
built stronger by a single goal;
Do you know what you’re inspiring? 

A new world just starts opening 
with the collapse of a stone wall;
To witness this is so exhilarating;

Just a nudge and it starts growing
a contagion out

Epidemic

The rush of emotion, 
The thud of adrenaline, 
Amidst the commotion, 
Scouting for medicine, 

Those who speak, keep others in line, 
Patience they say and all will be fine,  

Those who seek, know things won’t easily resolve, 
Eagerly scurrying to make it dissolve,

Official alerts keep people in check, informing them of what is allowed,
as

Global Epidemic Alarm

No facts shown
In red sewn
Complex known
He was drawn
And can spawn

A weird bloom
By ache loom
Awkward gloom
Death in zoom
Covid doom


Written: January 4th, 2022


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The Delta Variant

COVID is here again, perhaps in a more virulent form,
Dealing with the day-by-day stresses is now the norm
     Still, so many continue to make this a political football,
     When it is definitely not a comedian’s clumsy pratfall
          

Epidemic Lethality

E-pidemic
L-ethality's
S-ilent
I-nfection
E-mploys

M-orbidity
A-s
N-oxious
A-ilment
H-orribly
A-pplies
N-astiness

Topic: Birthday of Elsie C. Manahan (June 20) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Epidemic

E-pidemic
D-irt
N-otoriously
A-pplies

V-iral
I-nfection
L-etting
L-ink's
A-trocious
N-astiness
U-se
E-nemy's
V-icious
A-ttack

Topic: Birthday of Edna P. Villanueva (June 20) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Epidemic Distress

E-pidemic
D-istress
I-mplements
S-nowball
O-f
N-asty

C-ontagion
A-bout
B-acteria
A-nd
N-oxious
G-rime

Topic: Birthday of Edison N. Cabang (June 17) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Epidemic of Menace

A-trocious
I-nfection's
R-abid
A-ttack

L-ets
E-erie
E-pidemic

O-f
M-enace
A-pply
R-isk

Topic: Birthday of Aira Lee F. Omar (June 17) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Silence of Killer Epidemic

K-iller
E-pidemic's
S-ilence
H-orribly
E-mploys
N-astiness
A-s

R-abidity's
E-erie
G-rime
I-mplements
S-pread

Topic: Birthday of Keshena H. Regis (June 12) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

One Nasty Epidemic

M-orbid
E-eriness
D-elivers
Y-ucky

D-irt
I-mplementing
O-ne
N-asty
E-pidemic's
D-readed
A-ttack

Topic: Birthday of Medy Dioneda (June 11) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Covid Mary

She was COVID Mary but she did not know. 
She went every darn place she wanted to go. 
She had no symptoms, cough, scratchy throat or clue... 
So she gave COVID to him, her, me and you. 

Wore no mask for that would take away her right, 
Her droplets landed on things in and out

Endure Epidemic

E-ndure epidemic eeriness, 
F-ight the invisible illness; 
R-epel the rabid risk, 
E-ven notorious
N-astiness.

V-ictoriously endure epidemic, 
A-bate the venomous virus; 
L-ethal link in stealth silence
E-mploys expansion so vicious.
N-egate the terrible threat, 
C-ontain the poisonous pandemic; 
I-mplement the safety protocol, 
A-s you endure epidemic.

Topic: Birthday of Bro. Efren Valencia (June 05)

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