Pandemic Poems

    mid-july, 2020covid journal entry i live in the comfort and confinement         of my childhood bedroom        and i don’t know what age i am     i open my laptop,        click ‘Zoom’        and i am at work,            at school     i cling to my family        as we fight over quiet spaces            over bandwidth     i sanitize every box of crackers i bring home from the grocery store        like my life depends on this     i have nowhere to go         but i put on my brightest clothes,             and call a friend                to reclaim some life     mornings are quiet,        there is always a small dog        nestled in the covers at my side August 22, 2020isa posner gave me hope(text message transcript) “…How are you doing?” “…Well. School started up and Im cranking it!keeping my spirits up…” “Glad to hear…I’ve been up and down,trying to process

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