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Tag: COVID-19

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.

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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 homeĀ at the base of a mountain, and at the edge of both a desert and a lake.

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Kurt Cole Eidsvig
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Kurt Cole Eidsvig – Seasonal

April 20, 2020May 6, 2020 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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