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Tag: COVID-19

Tishani Doshi
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Tishani Doshi – Hope is the Thing

October 15, 2021October 12, 2021 Vanessa Able

Tishani Doshi's poem pays homage to a twelve-year-old girl who died of exhaustion last year during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Tagged birds, COVID-19, Death, hope, nature, pandemic, Poetry, tragedy1 Comment
Ellen Skilton
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Ellen Skilton – Like Every Good Thing

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

Ellen Skilton's poem offers poignant words that touch on a universal feeling experienced by humanity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic - the sacredness of human interaction.

Tagged community, connection, COVID, COVID-19, gather, holiness, humanity, isolation, pandemic, togethernessLeave a comment
Erin Pickersgill
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Erin Pickersgill – For the Pleasure

January 31, 2021February 7, 2021 Vanessa Able

"As the boundaries closed in, and still do, I notice that my world is large and detailed enough to locate all of my questions, and for that I am thankful."

Tagged COVID-19, home, lockdown, nature, spider, webLeave a comment
Susan Cummins Miller
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Susan Cummins Miller – Pandemic Aubade, Sonoran Desert

August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 Vanessa Able

Susan Cummins Miller's poem grew out of her interaction with the Sonoran Desert, and the many months she spent in solitude and contemplation at The Desert House of Prayer in Arizona.

Tagged contemplation, Coronavirus, COVID-19, desert, pandemic, SolitudeLeave a comment
Holly Kelso
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Holly Kelso – Suspended

May 10, 2020May 20, 2020 Vanessa Able

Holly Kelso's Suspended takes place in the space of a pause, walks during a period of isolation near the poet's home at the base of a mountain, and at the edge of both a desert and a lake.

Tagged COVID-19, metaphor, nature, pause, quarantine, Suspension, walkingLeave a comment
Kurt Cole Eidsvig
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Kurt Cole Eidsvig – Seasonal

April 20, 2020January 18, 2022 Vanessa Able

Kurt Cole Eidsvig's poem Seasonal is an ode to the goddess Persephone whose twin connections to both spring and death provide the framework for a personal connection to distance, love, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, Death, isolation, Kurt Cole Eidsvig, Persephone, Seasonal, spring, touch1 Comment
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