Corona Poetry Live

A HAIKU ON COVID 19 Carrie Pemberton Ford 2020

April 21, 2020

A Japanese poetic form of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

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A COVID TRILOGY by Carrie Pemberton Ford

April 21, 2020

Bats in our Belfries
Pangolins in their forests
Humans in Lockdown

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AS A MATTER OF FACT by Patricia Behan

April 21, 2020

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…

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CYCLE OF CARE

April 21, 2020

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…

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LOVE’s IN NEED OF LOVE TODAY by Stevie Wonder

April 21, 2020

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,…

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NEVER DOUBT by Margaret Mead (American anthropologist)

April 21, 2020

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. “

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STEVIE WONDER’s INSPIRATION by Stevie Wonder

April 21, 2020

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.…

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CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE by Fiona Goodwin

April 20, 2020

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…

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COMMUNION by Kellyann Conway

April 20, 2020

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…

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DON’T TOUCH – STAY WELL! by Lin Joy Luber

April 20, 2020

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…

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SELF-ISOLATION by anonymous

April 20, 2020

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…

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THE MIRROR By Carrie Pemberton Ford

April 20, 2020

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…

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MIRROR by Tina Angotti

April 20, 2020

(check out this beautiful song) https://youtu.be/X_dG9BhpSj0

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THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT by Edward Lear Sent in by Rupert Finch

April 20, 2020

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…

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A MILLION EARTHS FIT INTO OUR SUN By Beth Haist

April 20, 2020

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…

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RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY? by Fiona Goodwin

April 19, 2020

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…

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ADVICE TO A TRAINEE MONK by Prakasa Yoga

April 19, 2020

Master, how can I face isolation? – Clean your house. Thoroughly. In every corner. Even the ones you never felt like, the courage and the…

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ISOLATION THERAPY by Patricia Behan

April 19, 2020

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…

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WHEN I AM 91 by Jill Schoenemann

April 19, 2020

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…

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ANECDOTE by Patricia Whittle

April 19, 2020

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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