Corona Poetry Live

WHERE IS MY $1200? or MY COVID-19th SESTINA By Beth Haist

April 24, 2020

In Bed with Fiona Straws with lipstick Furry cups like tribbles Masked encounters and heart emojis A shebang except with Hal & Rupert Cheers to…

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UNTITLED by Siggie Cohen, PhD Developmental Child & Family Specialist @ Good Life Academy

April 24, 2020

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it… If you are home alone and Facebook isn’t there, do…

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DISINFECTING THE US – CORONA VIRUS BLUES by Carrie Pemberton Ford

April 24, 2020

I hear that bleach ingested Or 90 per cent alcohol Consumed, with Ultra Violet rays and xrays injected? Can cleanse our systems From the degradation…

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ROOM REDECORATED by HJE Schoenemann

April 24, 2020

Ugly-ish salmon colours Birds on wallpaper- Carpet over hardwood floors Radio same colour My purple towels gone My bed moved What is that gap in…

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EARL GRAY TEA by Andrea Stone – Palm Springs

April 24, 2020

I woke up this morning pinched my arm I can feel I’m still here I’m still alive I make my earl gray tea Joni Mitchell’s…

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NOT KNOCKING CONTENTMENT by Fiona Goodwin

April 23, 2020

“People in the west are waiting to live “that was Billy liar, When the kettle is boiled I’ll sit and relax When I’m not so…

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LOVING OURSELVES by Anonymous

April 23, 2020

Perhaps we should love ourselves so fiercely that when others see us, they know exactly how it should be done

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SOCKS by Lynn Finch

April 23, 2020

My missing socks where do they go? I put them in the wash and count them before I dry them but when dryer is done…

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HAMLET by William Shakespeare sent in by Judith Ptaszynski

April 23, 2020

There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ‘it’s not to come; if it be not to come,…

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MILK & HONEY by Rupi Kaur sent in by Vicky Garvey

April 23, 2020

How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you. My heart aches for sisters more than anything it aches for women helping…

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UNTIL LOCKDOWN ENDS by Rupert, my little brother in Germany.

April 23, 2020

An Egyptian who feared not the virus Wrote down on a piece of papyrus Courage, my friends Until Lockdown ends Fiona is there to inspire…

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CORONAVIRUS by Bren Interlandi

April 23, 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic, Trauma Panicking, Protecting, Processing This Unquiet Mind Keeps Me Awake Anxiety

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COVID + Earthquake = GRATITUDE by Fiona Goodwin

April 22, 2020

A bump in the night It gave me a fright Just a reminder that things could be worse I put my pillow over my head…

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APRIL FOOL by Patty Behan

April 22, 2020

Is This Really True Snow Covered Grass In April Earth Day Sunrise Too

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THE TINY POETIC TREE, DRAGONFLY AND ME by DK Linda

April 22, 2020

“Standing Resolute. Enduring. Under the savage beating of a midday sun. Yearning for sustenance. Braving waves that dare us to break and get swept away…

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KINDNESS A story from Lynn Finch

April 22, 2020

I’ve picked up my pen and paper yet again.just to speak of on of my special friends. A 68 yes old black man.Single like me…

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A VERY AUSSIE BROTHER by Chris Goodwin

April 22, 2020

My sister is a very British lesbian She lives in LA One day I might visit her and tell her I am gay Just to…

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WOKE UP TO STEVIE WONDER by Fiona Goodwin

April 21, 2020

Stevie came to me this morning He had a friendly announcement “Love is in need of love today Send yours in right away “ How…

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Party Girls by Adrienne Parks

April 21, 2020

Found in an old combustible negative: Pink prom chiffon, four-inch heels. Bubble hair. Goodbye. Hey, no make-up, pretty pink lips, faded washed denim hips, dimples…

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WORDS by Adrienne Parks

April 21, 2020

I must go there to the pen. The computer. My desk. From my wide arched front window which looks out over a busy cul-de-sac full…

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