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  • Tags: Covid 19 - Poems and Prose

TO PEIGÍ   She arrived into this world of Hazmats and Face Masks.   She came from a place of floating love and comfort.   Her Mother and Father welcoming her with outstretched arms and warm embrace, holding her close and whispering words of boundless…

Surviving Coronavirus in Spain Cathy Hogan May 11, 2020   TWO MONTHS OF LIFE IN LOCKDOWN   This Friday, May 15th, marks two months of strict lockdown in Spain. We celebrate each small lifting of restrictions but know that more lives are put at…

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A graphic representation of the Author's stay in hospital with a chest infection during April 2020

Disturbance The storm came angry with wind and rain Clouds scudding across the sky in pain Snowdrops bowed their heads in submission Daffodils waved about keeping their position Trees dipped their branches in a most alarming way Dancing to and fro…

Darkness Covid 19   The longest day the longest night Has happened as I make this call I don’t feel well I say and dimly recall Doc telling me an appt will be made The dreaded Covid test I must take With a heavy heart I await the simple text And…

Dear any reader in the future...,that is a reader in the time when Covid 19  has been eradicated or become readily treatable or its vaccine has been developed   The very  uncertainty encapsulated in the target audience  is what  we have all found so…

Circle Of Light : 2020 Not an engine in the sky Nor a plume trailing by No dog locked in its shed Nor a baby dropped at a creche Hands on the clock seem to have stopped An hour is an hour; not 'is that the time?' More time to plan, no panic or sweat…

A Voice in the Wilderness   The Earth was warming, much too fast.  We had to cool it down.  But, rich men with expensive tastes said Nothing could be done. And that was that. But they told us they would try.  So, dressed to kill, they shared their…

A Joy Filled Life   Something that we cannot see has slowed us for a while, It’s helping us to stop and contemplate The challenge of our lives on pause; the value of a smile: Right now we simply have to stop and wait.   Why did I take for granted all…
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