Life Must Be Seasoned
...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.
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Categories:
quarantines, april, fun, life, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Solstice Blues
...'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 b...
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Categories:
quarantines, allegory, betrayal, christmas,
Form: Burlesque
Aching Souls
...I once had a treasured mid-western friend who Frequently used the expression, ''My aching...
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Categories:
quarantines, christian, community, confusion, family,
Form: Free verse
Cautious Optimism
...Human foot-traffic is flowing along slightly faster than 2020,
but most signs clearly read, "Please ...
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Categories:
quarantines, world,
Form: Verse
Unshakable
...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...
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Categories:
quarantines, change, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
2020 To 2021
...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...
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Categories:
quarantines, fate, hope, new year,
Form: Rhyme
I'M Not Dreaming of a Covid Christmas
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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 wo...
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Categories:
quarantines, celebration, christmas, fantasy, riddle,
Form: Limerick
My Thanksgiving
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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 ...
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Categories:
quarantines, inspirational, thanksgiving,
Form: Free verse
A Letter To October
...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 ...
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Categories:
quarantines, friendship, october, rain, ,
Form: Personification
The Merging of 2020
...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
Witho...
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Categories:
quarantines, anxiety, grief, health, history,
Form: Free verse
In the Jungle
...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...
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Categories:
quarantines, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Just Like That
...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 ...
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Categories:
quarantines, confusion, death, freedom, lost,
Form: Dizain
Trial and Error In Africa
...I give up in despair
The damage to repair
Second hand theories abound
Seeking to keep me safe and sound
The laws are changing fast
Communal activities now in the past
Quarantines and lockdown...
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Categories:
quarantines, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Within God's Love
...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 lo...
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Categories:
quarantines, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Couplet
The Daffodils
...The daffodils are cropping up;
They’re sprouting everywhere,
Reacting to the light and warmth –
Of germs, they just don’t care.
They do not know from quarantines
Or canceled sports events
Bu...
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Categories:
quarantines, daffodils,
Form: Rhyme
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