Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Quarantine Life Haiku

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quarantine life a dun-coloured leaf curls in on itself Loneliness Anthology, 2024
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

In the Quiet All Alone

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love’s not meat nor drink ...  her farewell like cactus spines piercing thoughts of our time together during the pandemic Sitting for hours ...
Monday, July 3, 2023

Breakthrough Haiku

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fusion breakthrough ... plexiglass shields between me and the bartender tsuri-dōrō, 14, March/April 2023
Friday, April 28, 2023

Burden of Silence Haiku

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  Three Hundred and Sixty-First Entry,   Coronavirus Poetry Diary written in response to  The Independent, April 26 : Arcturus: the new Covi...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Pot of Green Tea Haiku

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a pot of green tea  between masked neighbors moonflowers unfurling Wales Haiku, Spring 2022
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Ice Jam Haiku

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ice jam the distance between me and a masked friend tsuri-dōrō, 9, May/June 2022
Saturday, March 11, 2023

Masked Deaf Friend Haiku

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written on the third anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic   the beat of a one-winged butterfly ... my masked deaf friend NeverEnding Story, Marc...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Masked White Man Tanka

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masked, in the snow we walk silently toward each other ... the white man raising his hand to shield his mouth and nose Ribbons, 18:3, Fall 2...
Saturday, December 31, 2022

Year-End Zoom Meeting Senryu

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Three Hundred and Fifty-Seventh Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary smiling faces in these little cages year-end Zoom meeting NeverEnding Story,...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Tridemic Tanka

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Three Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary a mother watches her motionless baby in the waiting room… condensation turns ...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Blank Sheets of Paper Haiku

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Three Hundred and Fifty-Third Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary in memory of Patrick Henry who was known for his 1775 revolutionary war cry: ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Clean Toronto Together

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one by one  tent cities dismantled  amidst drifting snow the mayor wears a smile for the camera will my bed  be far enough away from my neig...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

The Safest Halloween Ever

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Three Hundred and Fifty-Second Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary written in response to  CBC News, Oct. 27 : " How to celebrate Hallowee...
Monday, October 31, 2022

Double Masked Grim Reaper

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new subvariants ... a double masked Grim Reaper demands candy Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, October 31, 2022
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Omicron Strains and Halloween Skeletons Tanka

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Three Hundred and Fiftieth Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary immune-evasive Omicron strains are coming ... skeletons hang from an oak tree in...
Friday, September 2, 2022

Fortune-Teller's Face Haiku

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Three Hundred and Forty-Sixth Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary written in response to   CTV, August 19 : Canada's Back-to-school "g...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

Cocoon and Inner Child Tanka

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in the cocoon of this quarantine life deep ... and deeper into a conversation with my inner child Shot Glass Journal, 37, 2022
Sunday, August 28, 2022

Checkup Tanka

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during the checkup Father nods or shakes his bald head ... the doctor's mask  softens the news take 5ive, 2, 2022
Thursday, August 4, 2022

Another Stretch of Time

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There were no excited voices begging me to open presents on the stroke of midnight on Christmas Day. Instead, my children watched movies thr...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Resurgence Haiku

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Three Hundred and Forty-Fifth Entry,   Coronavirus Poetry Diary a snail in the shadow of a boot coming down ... covid resurgence NeverEnding...