Poems about a Pandemic
#pandemic
Poems about a pandemic, including coronavirus (covid-19). Poetry about an epidemic of a disease, and the effect it has on society. Poems about the best and worst of human nature, and the fragility of our species, when a pandemic emerges. Also poetry about how the science and health care community, and governments, respond to pandemics.
Alviola
Poem Published
9th Dec 2022 3:31pm
9th Dec 2022 3:31pm
What the Poison in the Air Stole from Them
The young lie on the floor, fingers
and marrow fused to phones, they lie there
quieter than the poison in the air
The virus stole nudging in buses,
she fondles the screen of her phone,
limning the boy's eyes as she listens,
her finger is not in range, she knows
he will not see her touching his lips
but hopes he will feel the caress
We must tell them that they will, they will
noisily pull out chairs and seat
themselves around tables of laughter
We must tell them not to worry,
boys will cup...
and marrow fused to phones, they lie there
quieter than the poison in the air
The virus stole nudging in buses,
she fondles the screen of her phone,
limning the boy's eyes as she listens,
her finger is not in range, she knows
he will not see her touching his lips
but hopes he will feel the caress
We must tell them that they will, they will
noisily pull out chairs and seat
themselves around tables of laughter
We must tell them not to worry,
boys will cup...
#love
#loneliness
#teens
#despair
#pandemic
83 reads
7 Comments
monkeyman
Poem Published
6th Dec 2022 11:27am
6th Dec 2022 11:27am
The cost of Covid
Do not question
here, take the bribe
don’t ask where it came from
sit back enjoy the ride
We’ll blame it on Russia
or those who voted to leave
if the media says so
they decide what you believe
Inflation weaponised
food too expensive to eat
we’ll turn off the gas
if you won’t accept your defeat
There’s jobs if you want them
to pay for a life with no choice
don’t share your opinions
you no longer have a voice
It’s much worse in China ...
here, take the bribe
don’t ask where it came from
sit back enjoy the ride
We’ll blame it on Russia
or those who voted to leave
if the media says so
they decide what you believe
Inflation weaponised
food too expensive to eat
we’ll turn off the gas
if you won’t accept your defeat
There’s jobs if you want them
to pay for a life with no choice
don’t share your opinions
you no longer have a voice
It’s much worse in China ...
#pandemic
105 reads
0 Comments
Her
Poem Published
25th Oct 2022 2:34am
25th Oct 2022 2:34am
Singin' the COVID Blues
Never felt like this
Like complete shit
All this hurt
Makin' me feel like dirt
Breathin' is hard
Can’t walk a yard
Want this over with now
Gotta breathe better somehow
Takin' an antiviral pill
Damn, I’m over the hill
Not young anymore
Can’t settle the score
With this fucking virus
Feel like hit by a bus
When this is over
And my temp is lower
Gonna mask up
Naysayers gotta shut up
Gonna protect myself
Myself I gotta help
Sittin' here all alone
In my own home
Just...
Like complete shit
All this hurt
Makin' me feel like dirt
Breathin' is hard
Can’t walk a yard
Want this over with now
Gotta breathe better somehow
Takin' an antiviral pill
Damn, I’m over the hill
Not young anymore
Can’t settle the score
With this fucking virus
Feel like hit by a bus
When this is over
And my temp is lower
Gonna mask up
Naysayers gotta shut up
Gonna protect myself
Myself I gotta help
Sittin' here all alone
In my own home
Just...
#sadness
#illness
#pandemic
107 reads
10 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
24th Oct 2022 00:50am
24th Oct 2022 00:50am
avian flu
read that in the scottish highlands and islands alone birds are dying in their thousands
#pandemic
84 reads
1 Comment
Michael_Goodridge
Poem Published
13th Sep 2022 10:28pm
13th Sep 2022 10:28pm
2022 Is a mix up (Incest)
#sex
#family
#abuse #pandemic
#abuse #pandemic
94 reads
2 Comments
Trome
Poem Published
9th Aug 2022 1:08am
9th Aug 2022 1:08am
MY COVID-19 EXPERIENCE
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#pandemic
271 reads
14 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2022 1:45pm
2nd Aug 2022 1:45pm
Cashier Visitation
Why couldn't I condition myself
to a box in which everything
was kindly set for me?
Does the box make you shiver? Does it?
It's set, another wins!
Also, why should I be a friend
of someone, the disgusting!
Pay attention to the baggage.
To the most crowded suitcase of all.
Does the bag make you shiver? Does it?
Everything that is full is not a closet,
The closet, by all accounts, is empty.
Are you upset about how empty it is?
Does it hurt you to see the closet so empty?
I saw the dark instrument of...
to a box in which everything
was kindly set for me?
Does the box make you shiver? Does it?
It's set, another wins!
Also, why should I be a friend
of someone, the disgusting!
Pay attention to the baggage.
To the most crowded suitcase of all.
Does the bag make you shiver? Does it?
Everything that is full is not a closet,
The closet, by all accounts, is empty.
Are you upset about how empty it is?
Does it hurt you to see the closet so empty?
I saw the dark instrument of...
#anger
#war
#LifeStruggles
#LifeCycle
#pandemic
85 reads
0 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
28th Jul 2022 3:40pm
28th Jul 2022 3:40pm
f**k you, covid
#anger
#grief
#death #pandemic
#death #pandemic
186 reads
21 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
27th Jul 2022 7:21am
27th Jul 2022 7:21am
When They Came For Me
To be in the know moment one takes time to see things as others cannot grasp the concept or lose focus of presented perceptions
We go through life to make better choices for ourselves
For the parents who have children, safeguard their future the best way possible
Read to them is always my advice
Do not allow highway information from the internet to be the window of their souls
What happens when you live in a world that not only helps you
But in the same breath can hinder the progress of a beautiful outlook on life
With systematic notions...
We go through life to make better choices for ourselves
For the parents who have children, safeguard their future the best way possible
Read to them is always my advice
Do not allow highway information from the internet to be the window of their souls
What happens when you live in a world that not only helps you
But in the same breath can hinder the progress of a beautiful outlook on life
With systematic notions...
#technology
#TruthOfLife
#philosophical
#deception
#pandemic
328 reads
7 Comments
ragaire
Poem Published
16th Jul 2022 10:46am
16th Jul 2022 10:46am
more than they think
covid got me
on thursday
been in bed
dosing up
on everything
a pharmacy
has going
while
voices say
hydrate
and rest
let me just
pause your
voices real
quick,
it's more
than you
think
and more
than my
mouth
let's on
because
i've got a
shit pair
of lungs
from a
history
of chest
infections
i mean
straight to
hospital
i ain't
breathing
kind of chest ...
on thursday
been in bed
dosing up
on everything
a pharmacy
has going
while
voices say
hydrate
and rest
let me just
pause your
voices real
quick,
it's more
than you
think
and more
than my
mouth
let's on
because
i've got a
shit pair
of lungs
from a
history
of chest
infections
i mean
straight to
hospital
i ain't
breathing
kind of chest ...
#TruthOfLife
#myself
#frustration
#StreamOfConsciousness
#pandemic
219 reads
3 Comments
Alviola
Poem Published
13th Jul 2022 4:20pm
13th Jul 2022 4:20pm
To Walk on Water
Faith is an act of lying supine,
and motionless, torso yielded,
bare skin cold in a blue and white room
of soft voices tittering about
bare skin recoiling from the idea
of a surgeon with a scalpel in hand.
When a man is carried away against his will,
hands flail and grab whatever are about,
my fingers reach for and wrap around
the door jambs of unsurrendered problems.
I am Isaac, elbows bound, bewildered
by the sight of a dagger overhead
I am...
and motionless, torso yielded,
bare skin cold in a blue and white room
of soft voices tittering about
bare skin recoiling from the idea
of a surgeon with a scalpel in hand.
When a man is carried away against his will,
hands flail and grab whatever are about,
my fingers reach for and wrap around
the door jambs of unsurrendered problems.
I am Isaac, elbows bound, bewildered
by the sight of a dagger overhead
I am...
#faith
#illness
#cancer
#determination
#pandemic
160 reads
6 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
13th Jul 2022 6:15am
13th Jul 2022 6:15am
anxiety vi (love and dying)
Sometimes it feels like
I can't get a break
I've been sick for months now
random viruses, cold, flu
anxiety depression
funnily enough no covid
I worry about my health
mentally
physically
spiritually
My dad's had covid twice now
he's in hospital with a cough
that won't go away
and needs oxygen to breathe
they say he might have lung cancer
but can't run tests
until he's covid negative
We're not good with "I love you's"
so I text him
asking if he's doing okay
and that I hope...
I can't get a break
I've been sick for months now
random viruses, cold, flu
anxiety depression
funnily enough no covid
I worry about my health
mentally
physically
spiritually
My dad's had covid twice now
he's in hospital with a cough
that won't go away
and needs oxygen to breathe
they say he might have lung cancer
but can't run tests
until he's covid negative
We're not good with "I love you's"
so I text him
asking if he's doing okay
and that I hope...
#love
#family
#illness
#MentalHealth
#pandemic
206 reads
6 Comments
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