Corona Poetry Live
A HAIKU ON COVID 19 Carrie Pemberton Ford 2020
A Japanese poetic form of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Read MoreA COVID TRILOGY by Carrie Pemberton Ford
Bats in our Belfries Pangolins in their forests Humans in Lockdown
Read MoreAS A MATTER OF FACT by Patricia Behan
When I Write A Poem A Day This Lockdown Feels Like It Goes Away If This Virus Lasts A Long Time… I Will Have One…
Read MoreCYCLE OF CARE
As life turns on its head, roles reverse overnight. Years that passed unnoticed, suddenly thrown into sharp relief. In this, our new reality, I sustain…
Read MoreLOVE’s IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY by Stevie Wonder
Spoken by SW: “When you say that you kill in the Name of God or in the name of Allah, You are truly cursing God,…
Read MoreNEVER DOUBT by Margaret Mead (American anthropologist)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. “
Read MoreSTEVIE WONDER’s INSPIRATION by Stevie Wonder
According to Wonder, it was God who gave him the ability and opportunity to rise to the top in the music industry despite his handicap.…
Read MoreCHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE by Fiona Goodwin
Things were going so well Kindness to others Our humanity shining through And then someone lit the blue touch paper “Dont follow the rules, liberate…
Read MoreCOMMUNION by Kellyann Conway
We used Oyster Crackers and sometimes Neko Wafers® as Communion when we would play Priest. I remember once, halfway through Mass, my sister Flo and…
Read MoreDON’T TOUCH – STAY WELL! by Lin Joy Luber
They say all we have to do is stay in the house or mask up to go outside They say if we listen and follow…
Read MoreSELF-ISOLATION by anonymous
A personal and social love song. I’m coming to a realisation That self isolation With you, would End this desolation. My sweet longing for you…
Read MoreTHE MIRROR By Carrie Pemberton Ford
White light strikes Ice blue eyes, Smooth skin Lipstick smeared Blood red Milk teeth Glinting Look left A line Of smiles Reach Into infinity Look…
Read MoreMIRROR by Tina Angotti
(check out this beautiful song) https://youtu.be/X_dG9BhpSj0
Read MoreTHE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT by Edward Lear Sent in by Rupert Finch
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a…
Read MoreA MILLION EARTHS FIT INTO OUR SUN By Beth Haist
The rays machete through my apartment today slashing thru the gloom adding hope layer by layer– Light lifts me- Allows fresh insight into how fleeting…
Read MoreRUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY? by Fiona Goodwin
Do you think we will run out of words? Have nothing left to say? When you’re in love There is a never ending stream of…
Read MoreADVICE TO A TRAINEE MONK by Prakasa Yoga
Master, how can I face isolation? – Clean your house. Thoroughly. In every corner. Even the ones you never felt like, the courage and the…
Read MoreISOLATION THERAPY by Patricia Behan
At 6:45pm West Coast Time You Have 4942 Friends On Your Timeline. 58 More To Go Before You Move Your Show. OMG I Think I…
Read MoreWHEN I AM 91 by Jill Schoenemann
When I am 91 will I be any fun Will I think life has passed me by Will I fear the grave Will I have…
Read MoreANECDOTE by Patricia Whittle
I too had some pretty strange experiences in the UK. When i was around 10 my friends and I were playing under the Palace pier…
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