Poetry 2020 Vision

This poem was just included in In the Midst: A Covid-19 Anthology.
Also a short memoir. Full colour a bit pricey, but this is the nature of Print on Demand.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=In+the+Midst+A+Covid-19+Anthology&ref=nb_sb_noss

2020 VISION

Look up, it’s lock down
The Boot is on our necks
COVID operations echo deafening peals
into the ripples of our fear
yours
smallness never collides conveniently with History.
It’s never a good time to wake up
just as you’re dying.

Wake up!
Democracy is By the people
for the people
By the people
For the people
Wake up
If you’re having a good time
is someone paying the price?
Follow the money—where are the strings?
Is someone counting the seconds
like he did
as his smallness collided?

Like an atom
we break

 

[dave.crowther]

I like what you've said here- provoking. I've found it hard to write about literal current events, though I write a lot of poetry.

 

[Lana Hun]

I like what you've said here- provoking. I've found it hard to write about literal current events, though I write a lot of poetry.

Thanks @dave.crowther

 

[Emily]

@Lana Hun, this is wonderful, and congrats on the anthology!

 

[Julie]

Yes, congratulations on the anthology. Thought provoking piece of poetry.