Long Quarantines Poems

I once had a treasured mid-western friend who                           ...

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Human foot-traffic is flowing along slightly faster than 2020,                          ...

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When civilization begins to crumble,
it's gonna end with a crash
The sound is gonna be loud:
Big Bang!
Everything
swirling down the toilet drain
The first crashing sound
is the financial markets plummeting to the ground
Those banks are gonna be closed,
no...

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The Ball fell into 2020- 
One single drop ending New Year’s celebration
Masses of people gathered together
Was this the last time?
It was Winter – a mild one
That began to run into Spring
Without anyone knowing
The COVID-19 virus...

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Pardon skepticism, but it’s true
There’s too much ado about Swine Flu
Thirty-one deaths by May of ‘09
In 25 nations worldwide
 
Avoid all public transportation
And forego annual vacations
Protect us from the dreaded Swine Flu
By closing our schools...

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There’s a forest bizarre neither nearby nor far,
full of sights somewhat scary to spook a soul wary.
The deep, darkened jungle, I think you’ll agree 
is never a safe place for you or for me...

The vicious...

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HAIBUN
You are electron microscopic size, but you possess infinitesimal power. Just a single strand of encapsulated RNA, yet you and your brothers SARS and MERS can sicken and kill more complex life.

Covid-19, virion unseen
Bring humans...

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God’s love* quarantines us within His security-braced compassion…
We therefore trust His guidance of omniscient precision.

Knowing that the Lord loves us so without any break…
In this lockdown situation, we can still be spiritually awake. 

Embraced with...

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Come late November- cool, crisp days,
   and lawns, carpeted with crimson leaves,
stir sweet nostalgia- as this time returns-
   promising that Thanksgiving is soon here.

Deep thoughts awaken memories of how
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Our year Twenty-Twenty arrived,
and as a new decade, revived
pursuits of our hopes for more peace-
divisions and conflicts- decrease.

The first few months quickly slipped past!
But, then Covid horror would last
throughout the whole year- and maintain
to take...

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Dear October.

In case you haven't heard, I must inform you that
It appears that a 'cloud of evil' has descended upon our world.
I must skip the small talk, because these are critical and trying times.

Spring brought...

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Through Covid-19, school closings and quarantines
Online learning, Google Hangouts, Shelter in place
Missing our students and friends from our work place.
Wondering what will happen next- It’s all so complex.
Tears cried, Lives lost, Birthday drive bys, Virtual...

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There’s nothing so fine as a bright April Day
A light breeze blowing through the sycamores
The backyard squirrels have come out to play,
An adventure kind of day I can’t stay indoors.
Chores to be done, but spring...

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'Twas the night before tomorrow
And the morning after that.
Father Time passed by discretely, 
Didn’t even tip his hat.
The calendars of bygone years
Stacked up to nothing much.
The women I’d been cozy with
Keep mostly out of touch.

Can’t...

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Last New Year's Eve dismissed Twenty-Nineteen-

we watched the Ball come down via TV,

as lively crowds at famous Times Square scene,

cheered in our brand new decade- as did we;

so full of promise- this new year would...

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Santa looks bleak in twenty twenty
Covid came alive to give plenty
Of grief throughout the year
Parting from Christmas cheer
Sure that quarantines will be many

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The elves were worried about Yuletide
In Mrs. Claus, they were to confide
Rudolph’s nose...

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