Poems About a Pandemic by Top Critiquers
#pandemic
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
316 reads
21 Comments
Lozzamus
Poem Published
27th Apr 2022 10:00pm
27th Apr 2022 10:00pm
Update - A Solution At Last!
As my readers will know, a fire broke out on the floor above my flat on Sunday 6 March, causing vast structural damage. As a result, I had to leave my flat due to safety and I found myself homeless.
Although I wasn’t present at the time of the fire and was later able to retrieve my belongings, I felt unable to cope with the prospect of ongoing displacement, especially as London rents have risen sharply over the past few years and finding alternative accommodation proved almost impossible.
I spent nearly eight weeks in hotels, struggling with acute panic attacks. During...
Although I wasn’t present at the time of the fire and was later able to retrieve my belongings, I felt unable to cope with the prospect of ongoing displacement, especially as London rents have risen sharply over the past few years and finding alternative accommodation proved almost impossible.
I spent nearly eight weeks in hotels, struggling with acute panic attacks. During...
#anxiety
#fear
#pandemic
250 reads
6 Comments
13
Poem Published
6th Sep 2020 1:18pm
6th Sep 2020 1:18pm
Going out
I sat alone at the table waited on by a lab technician in a hazmat suit.
The kind of situation that would seem normal
if I was ordering weapons-grade uranium to-go.
His muffled voice could barely cut through the triple layered protection
designed to keep him immune to even the wrath of god.
A few awkward chuckles and invisible faux-smiles later he was on his way
to the reactor to retrieve my lunch.
I notice the only other person bold enough to brave the new world
like me a few tables to my right.
His gaze is sharp and full of intent....
The kind of situation that would seem normal
if I was ordering weapons-grade uranium to-go.
His muffled voice could barely cut through the triple layered protection
designed to keep him immune to even the wrath of god.
A few awkward chuckles and invisible faux-smiles later he was on his way
to the reactor to retrieve my lunch.
I notice the only other person bold enough to brave the new world
like me a few tables to my right.
His gaze is sharp and full of intent....
#oppression
#satirical
#funny
#FreeVerse
#pandemic
685 reads
4 Comments
Zaynab_kamoonpury
Poem Published
18th Aug 2021 11:07am
18th Aug 2021 11:07am
The value of life & oxygen
Dear God I thank you
for every single precious breath
And when you'll place us in paradise
We shall thank you then for death.
People round the world gasping for breath, breathless,
short of breath, some unable to catch their breath,
some breathing their last,
some on artificial costly breathalysers .
How many times do we thank God
for the countless free breaths we breathe our entire life??
Oxygen o2 more valuable and scarce than diamonds nowadays.
Respiration, the main need of...
for every single precious breath
And when you'll place us in paradise
We shall thank you then for death.
People round the world gasping for breath, breathless,
short of breath, some unable to catch their breath,
some breathing their last,
some on artificial costly breathalysers .
How many times do we thank God
for the countless free breaths we breathe our entire life??
Oxygen o2 more valuable and scarce than diamonds nowadays.
Respiration, the main need of...
#heaven
#pandemic
707 reads
26 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Poem Published
19th Dec 2020 9:07pm
19th Dec 2020 9:07pm
Covid beaten
Covid beaten
Oh no I got a cough, my chest feels like it's kind of tight, I'm struggling to get my breath, I'm not well tonight
Temperature is raging, my head is pounding too, I better call the doctor out, what else can I do
He took a swab and sent it off, it came back with bad news, I have Covid 19, so all visits I must refuse
Carers all dressed like space men, come in every day, I'd be lost without their help, what more can I say
Now starts the fight back, I'm not ready to let it win, I'm far to selfish to just give up, so let the...
Oh no I got a cough, my chest feels like it's kind of tight, I'm struggling to get my breath, I'm not well tonight
Temperature is raging, my head is pounding too, I better call the doctor out, what else can I do
He took a swab and sent it off, it came back with bad news, I have Covid 19, so all visits I must refuse
Carers all dressed like space men, come in every day, I'd be lost without their help, what more can I say
Now starts the fight back, I'm not ready to let it win, I'm far to selfish to just give up, so let the...
#pandemic
436 reads
4 Comments
faithmairee
Poem Published
12th Aug 2020 9:36am
12th Aug 2020 9:36am
We're Not High Class (Anymore)
We used to spend days at the shore
but we can't go there anymore
self isolation, masks and more
no, we're not high class anymore
There was a time we had money to blow
now out of work with nothing to show
what on earth are we living for
'cause we're not high class anymore
We never had hard times before
now they keep knocking at our door
we just can't take it anymore
now we're not high class anymore
but we can't go there anymore
self isolation, masks and more
no, we're not high class anymore
There was a time we had money to blow
now out of work with nothing to show
what on earth are we living for
'cause we're not high class anymore
We never had hard times before
now they keep knocking at our door
we just can't take it anymore
now we're not high class anymore
#LifeStruggles
#poverty
#pandemic
576 reads
13 Comments
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