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POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR
Poems written during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020
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John Lepine Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
John retired last year from his full-time job as a trade association leader in Britain and in Europe. He is a prolific prose writer and has contributed articles to many publications. Occasionally, he tries to write poetry.
Date poem was completed 15th June 2020 Reflection a word, my reflections a stanza or two Shit happens It always has It always will Finding it Is not difficult It is easily identifiable Once found Dealing with it Can be difficult – messy The colour is familiar The texture is horrid And it smells We were alerted We looked But we found nothing No smell No feel Nothing to see But it was here And there and there It was deadly Corona - fizzy pop Corona - Mexican beer Corona - deadly virus And so, we learned a new way To use language Locked down meant We were all locked up In our own homes Furloughed for months Who knew it meant eighty percent? I knew a furlong to go was not far Self-isolate, isolated or isolating You are on your own Or with some others? R is a language for statistical computing R is what Long John Silver said to Jim lad R more than one equals exponential rise in deaths PPE vital stuff for safety Use once throw away How much landfill is that? Social distancing Can you be sociable at a distance? You must, touching may be too much Shielders shielding the shielded Transplant recipients on immunosuppressants Cancer sufferers with immunodeficiency Sunlight and disinfectant Will kill the infection. Some in the USA swallowed it Zoom rocket shaped ice lolly Zoom virtual meeting place Zoom keeping in touch but not touching War time spirit It’s a wonderful thing Do we have to have the war? We don’t like rule breakers Lockdown speeding (new offence?) 151 on the M62 We don’t like Spad rule breakers New test for uncorrected defective vision Fill car with family and drive Track and trace Best in Europe but Not as good as South Korea Bubbles social or what? There for West Ham fans I’m having none of that The new normal Not normal Normal one day maybe
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