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POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR

Poems written during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020

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Helen Pinoff

Rossinver, Ireland

 

Helen writes simply for the kick of it.  Sharing the words gives them life.  

 

Poem Compleed 31st May 2020

 

  

Leitrim Priapus

  

Then off he strode shin-deep in buttercups

through the slanted rose-gold sunshine

to the greenhouse

where he announced with purpose

“I’m going to ejaculate butterflies”