THE GUITAR MAN IN QUARANTINE by John Grey I’m wary of doorknobs and the breath of others but this wood I’d trust with my life. I’m nervous putting my hands most places […]
Dispatch #073
Dispatch #067
CHANGE by Marlene Waldock Yesterday I walked freely In grocery stores Through the malls Today I am masked Afraid to talk to others Staying six feet apart Uncertain about the […]
Dispatch #062
Groundhog Day by Valerie Sopher after Ben Lerner the endless loop of living another sea-tossed sleep another morning lying in bed penciling in Sudoku squares another sheltering day of can’t get over […]
Dispatch #053
The World at Golden Way Our House in Quarantine By: Hilary King Kitchen One morning I wake up and the kitchen is empty. The cabinets beneath the stove, empty. The shelves above […]
Dispatch #052
4 Covid-19 Poems By: Marianne Peele Chicago, IL * Sent in on 8-30-2020. (some poems written in Florida) We Have Grown Soft During This Pandemic August 30, 2020 Belly soft. Hands soft […]
Dispatch #51
Overmorrow Andrew J. Thomas Yesterday was the same as today; is the same as tomorrow. Each day passing, one foot in front of the other, a long aimless walk into wilderness. Our […]
Dispatch #050
Pandemic Gratitudes Melissa Eleftherion Good air quality today A house and a job Simplified hysteria Kitten antics No fights today Enough money to pay the bills Warm bed Glad I’m not a […]
Dispatch #047
Quarantine By: T.S. Rowell July 5 2020 When it began, for an uncertain duration this was to be a month of stillness two months of these same walls or maybe just one […]
Dispatch #045
3 Poems By: Ndaba Sibanda Corona Poems A Poor Person’s Precarious Paces And Spaces Her efforts to hold back, to hold herself back Against hurtling and hurting herself helplessly With a hungry, […]
Dispatch #044
3 Poems Kitty Costello Ode to Soap A repetitive acrostic Savior of all people Soothe our aching psyches Scrub our appendages pristinely Sluff off atrocious pathogens Secure our antiseptic perimeter Shelter our […]
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