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POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR
Poems written during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020
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Elliott James Pettitt Glasgow, Scotland REASONS: to live, to love, to answer that call
to adventure, to raise arms, to stand your ground, to fight for what
you believe in - Kindle Direct Publishing ADVENT - Kindle Direct Publishing Bird song, completed on 2nd of April 2020 BIRD SONG These times are unprecedented, it’s like life’s
hit pause, we’re all taking a backseat as Mother Nature takes centre
stage greeted by applause, the clarity of the skies, the stillness
of the cities, the hush of humanity, in its amplified capacity
nature’s never sounded so pretty. And I listen as the birds they sing, humanity
please we’ve been here from the start and only since your arrival
has this place looked so dark, you meant no harm and we know
ignorance is bliss but please we’re speaking for all beings this
can’t persist. Baffled at my capacity to hear birds tongue, I
look around at others, privileged to find for understanding I am the
only one and as the planes are grounded, pilots lose their wings,
the original aviators take back the skies, uncontested like Star
Wars in flight they have the X Factor cause boy can they sing. See we used to sleep so
sweetly, dreaming nothing but joy but since you discovered fire the
lights have been consistently on like a widowed mother for the kids
we’ve had to stay strong, though here we draw a line and make a
modest request to be sparing with the light, all we ask is you be
considerate late at night. What a melodic frequency as nature communicates,
a sparrow to a mocking bird, humanity could borrow a feather even
cross breads they are mates, sounds so refreshing, a breaks from the
clunks and the clanks, a beautiful song, not another jail fatality,
a carrot fashioned into a shank. With pleading eyes they look at me, we know you
are but one man but please do what you can, spread the word as we
spread our wings, you have your voice and this is poetry and with
this poetry of our message please sing.
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