Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third Week
We laugh at horror movies for being unrealistic, faced with so many clear signs of the dangers ahead how unbelievable it is that the characters so blithely proceed yes, we … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Second Week
You probably know someone who has lived through a disaster. Or someone who has lived through a car accident. Perhaps even someone who has lived through a cancer diagnosis. But, … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-First Week
Please, do not worry, though it is behind a mask I promise you that I have not forgotten how to smile yes, I know, I know, I need to find … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Twentieth Week
I’ve heard it said (by a prominent doctor) that this pandemic “did not have to be as bad as it was,” and they are right it did not have to … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Nineteenth Week
Behind me in the checkout aisle a man in a flag shirt kept asking why I was wearing a mask but I was not listening to him not really anyways … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Eighteenth Week
I asked my doctor if there is a decent alternative to wearing a respirator to protect yourself and she said yes there is a decent alternative to wearing a respirator … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Seventeenth Week
In the early days of the current pandemic everyone was sharing a map which reassuringly showed the countries best prepared and the countries least prepared for a pandemic but that … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Sixteenth Week
If only I knew how to convince people that they should care about sick cattle and dead birds but I don’t even know how to convince people that they should … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Fifteenth Week
Be kind to yourself so what if during this pandemic you didn’t finish your novel learn to play guitar or master sourdough the only thing that matters is that you … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Fourteenth Week
At first they will tell you that everything is going to be okay and when this no longer convinces you they will assure you that at least it won’t get … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Week
When you hear them say (and you will hear them say) that avian influenza only poses a risk to farm workers do not reply by telling them “for now” no, … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Two-Hundred-and-Twelfth Week
This pandemic is a once in a lifetime event yes, this pandemic is just a once in a lifetime event at least this is what I tell myself as I … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Ninth Week
By now you should have figured out that if you want your government to provide adequate funds to sustain you in your time of need you should have been a … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Eighth Week
There is pestilence now war and from both so much death someone please go check the stables to make sure that famine is still tethered. * They ask me how … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Seventh Week
You need to learn how to read (how to really read) the headlines, the headlines say: worry. * By now you must have realized that the reason why it is … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Sixth Week
I know that you say that you had it and you were fine even the second time that you had it you were fine but I have also heard you … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Fifth Week
I will admit that I am tired yes, I am very tired, but my exhaustion is not mask fatigue or vaccine fatigue or precaution fatigue no, it is not even … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Fourth Week
When seeing headlines about an outbreak of another virus a deadlier virus it is easy to be frightened frightened by the virus yes, certainly, but more frightened by knowing that … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Third Week
How fortunate are those who describe the sight of an unhappily masked child as the most disturbing picture of the pandemic for it means that they are not haunted by … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-Second Week
What a relief it is to sit and watch as those you dislike struggle to survive in the cold and in the mud for to sit and watch them provides … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eighty-First Week
I keep hearing people say that worrisome though this moment may be 2023 is not 2020 or 2021 and they are right of course they are right for back then … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Eightieth Week
There is one way one essential way in which all of these new variants are nearly identical to the previous variants namely: that you should try not to catch them. … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Ninth Week
In disaster’s wake we behold the destruction and shudder at the news of communities destroyed of livelihoods obliterated of homes turned to ash of lives ended but there are always … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Eighth Week
If you are concerned about the reports that the virus is surging again open a newspaper there you will find the people who assured you that the pandemic is over … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Seventh Week
My friend claimed our being abandoned to the plague was just foreshadowing for our abandonment to climate change “you do you” she argued was a sign of things to come … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Sixth Week
After such a lengthy lull there is once more an increase in movie theater attendance let us just hope that this does not result in an increase in plague victims. … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Fifth Week
If I had a dollar for every week that I have started by seeing an article announcing (at long last!) the end of the pandemic I would have so much … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Fourth Week
Malaria in Florida COVID surging in Japan bird flu infecting cats in Poland and sea lions in Chile Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever spreading in Europe I think that I will just … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Third Week
The air inside is full of plague the air outside is full of smoke suddenly I understand the appeal of being in a submarine. * I know better than to … Continue reading
Plague Poems – The Hundred-and-Seventy-Second Week
Forest burn vessels sink bridges collapse armies invade plagues spread and we sit here telling ourselves that it’s okay really, it’s okay all we have to do is somehow make … Continue reading
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