Least Read Poems About a Pandemic
#pandemic
Mookie
Poem Published
7th Apr 2022 11:02pm
7th Apr 2022 11:02pm
COVID
As if it had gone away
I knew this was never to be
I have a gut feeling that guides me well
it has served me well for many years, without faltering
My guiding light, above and beyond
My gut was right, here comes Covid knocking on the door
This time a bigger, more powerful, deadly demon
Is survival a reality?
Something we can hope for?
Only time will tell, so hold on tight...
I knew this was never to be
I have a gut feeling that guides me well
it has served me well for many years, without faltering
My guiding light, above and beyond
My gut was right, here comes Covid knocking on the door
This time a bigger, more powerful, deadly demon
Is survival a reality?
Something we can hope for?
Only time will tell, so hold on tight...
#pandemic
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2021 9:13pm
3rd Apr 2021 9:13pm
A Grave Afternoon
The body lay ever silent
dressed in his best
draped in flowers
raped by death
his skin was olive
but not in a beautiful way
making him look plasticine
like he belonged in Men's Clothing
sporting the latest senior golf wear
except for his dappled grey hair
his caterpillar moustache
even Psalm 23
could not save me
from staring at the corpse
wondering how COVID literally
wrung the life out him
leaving this desiccated husk
behind
looking like some archeological dig
as fragile as a...
dressed in his best
draped in flowers
raped by death
his skin was olive
but not in a beautiful way
making him look plasticine
like he belonged in Men's Clothing
sporting the latest senior golf wear
except for his dappled grey hair
his caterpillar moustache
even Psalm 23
could not save me
from staring at the corpse
wondering how COVID literally
wrung the life out him
leaving this desiccated husk
behind
looking like some archeological dig
as fragile as a...
#anxiety
#death
#pandemic
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18 Comments
LilDragonFly
Poem Published
15th Jul 2021 4:19pm
15th Jul 2021 4:19pm
Masks
Masks
They hide the smiles
conceal the miles
traveled…
all the roads graveled
Despite their multicolors
their attempt to reassert
some identity
in front of me
But
to my surprise
they highlight the eyes
those ever clear windows
They hide the smiles
conceal the miles
traveled…
all the roads graveled
Despite their multicolors
their attempt to reassert
some identity
in front of me
But
to my surprise
they highlight the eyes
those ever clear windows
#pandemic
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LilDragonFly
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2021 7:27pm
22nd Mar 2021 7:27pm
Infest
The bright colors distract
pretending to detract
from the true peril
this true menace
Hiding in plain sight
avoiding the good fight
by using more subtle
means
All that it gleans
from our clear lack
of understanding
all of our grandstanding
Leaving us here again
both enemy and friend
left shaken
left off balance
Draped in nonchalance
as if we believe it
we could ever conceive it
in light of all this darkness
pretending to detract
from the true peril
this true menace
Hiding in plain sight
avoiding the good fight
by using more subtle
means
All that it gleans
from our clear lack
of understanding
all of our grandstanding
Leaving us here again
both enemy and friend
left shaken
left off balance
Draped in nonchalance
as if we believe it
we could ever conceive it
in light of all this darkness
#pandemic
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10 Comments
Mookie
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2021 7:56pm
23rd Feb 2021 7:56pm
Lockdown
Lockdown, hello my dear friend
What shall we do today, tomorrow, the next day?
I know you are following me
I've known for quite some time
Everywhere I look, you are there
There's no escaping you
Up, down, in, out, you're everywhere
Oh how I long for the day that I am missing you
Until then...you decide...
What shall we do today, tomorrow, the next day?
I know you are following me
I've known for quite some time
Everywhere I look, you are there
There's no escaping you
Up, down, in, out, you're everywhere
Oh how I long for the day that I am missing you
Until then...you decide...
#pandemic
25 reads
3 Comments
InNomine
Poem Published
4th May 2021 8:49am
4th May 2021 8:49am
there is not enough coffee for this f*cking nonsense
the world is about to open
& i’m dreading chaos
nobody taking turns but shoving
i want i want
there was enough
when everyone wasn’t
gnawing at the ropes
i’m not ready to lie prostrate
before incivility
be bottom rung for travel & time
against people who’ve forgotten
community
karens & chads chewing cheeks
waiting to run roughshod over
the red tape i have to lay down
to get paid
the world isn’t open yet
& a wayward 12-year-old has already
smashed a beer bottle over my feet ...
& i’m dreading chaos
nobody taking turns but shoving
i want i want
there was enough
when everyone wasn’t
gnawing at the ropes
i’m not ready to lie prostrate
before incivility
be bottom rung for travel & time
against people who’ve forgotten
community
karens & chads chewing cheeks
waiting to run roughshod over
the red tape i have to lay down
to get paid
the world isn’t open yet
& a wayward 12-year-old has already
smashed a beer bottle over my feet ...
#anxiety
#humankind
#pandemic #NaPoWriMo2021
#pandemic #NaPoWriMo2021
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rksingh
Poem Published
24th Mar 2025 6:41am
24th Mar 2025 6:41am
COVID-19
Punitive
corona virus--
lépreuse
some say it's invasion
the barbarian without
quarantined
I clear my throat
behind the face mask
breathe in unknown viruses
suffer new repressions
now lockdown
cut off life:
castration
Hugo said monasticism
resisting death
--R K Singh
corona virus--
lépreuse
some say it's invasion
the barbarian without
quarantined
I clear my throat
behind the face mask
breathe in unknown viruses
suffer new repressions
now lockdown
cut off life:
castration
Hugo said monasticism
resisting death
--R K Singh
#illness
#pandemic
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