Peace is lost, chaos reigns,
As masked voices protest
“We cannot breathe”.
Colors war with one another,
All seeking their rights,
As Covid looms, bringing death.
“Be gone from us!”
We cry out in desperation
Grieving for what used to be.
Choka
Tag: virus
Summer’s UnWanted Visitor
Covid keeps crawling
Slowly creeping thru our land
Moving like a snail
Haiku
A Time For Prayer
Dismal
Rain drizzels down
Overcast and cloudy
This weather matches many’s mood
As they
Try to
Navigate through an unsettled
World of tragic events
Sadly seeming
Unceasing
Butterfly Cinquain
As we have slowly been moving toward a happier time of things once again starting to open up and get back to normal, enjoying warmer temperatures and a lifting of the virus, we are now in the US facing a time of senseless violence, brutal hatred, tearful sadness and racial rioting.
I am praying for our country and all people today in this sad time of rioting.
These are perilous times for all of us upon the earth as we have faced fires in Australia, a worldwide Virus pandemic and now nationwide racism rioting.
As I awoke to a dramatic weather change this morning going from sunny warm dry 70-80 degree days to a dark cloudy chilly rainy day in the 50’s, I felt the current weather was mimicking the news reports and the rain was God’s tears falling in response to the tragic death of George Floyd.
Therefore, I am praying for peace and goodwill for all peoples on earth.
I pray for a gentle healing rain that will put out the fires of hatred and wash away the prejudices as it brings a time of refreshing and healing to all of us.
May the clouds of dark thoughts disappear to let the light of justice and hope shine upon us, and may we, as people of all colors, find peace in the valley of our hearts.
Thank You Essentials
The few
Essential ones
Their dedication and
Skills kept us going at night and day
Let’s not
Forget
Their faithful determination
To face fear head on
In such a time
As this
Butterfly Cinquain
While I appreciate and salute all who served as essentials during COVID-19, I specifically want to dedicate this poem to my grand-daughter Vivian, age 21, who is a care-giver at a nursing home.
Vivian faithfully worked many long and extra shifts to take care of the residents during quarantine.
And also, want to dedicate this poem to my other grand-daughter’s boyfriend, Michael, age 20, who is an auto maintenance worker, earning minimum wage. Micheal faithfully worked many long days and extra hours with no extra raise in wages during this time of pandemic.
Thanks to both of these hard working young people and many others I don’t know.
Let’s remember it was people like this that kept our country going during the pandemic.
Maybe May
Maybe this will be the month
All restrictions will be lifted
Yearning for the “old normal” to return
Acrostic
April 2020
April’s thirty days
Filled with uncertainty
Are history
Senryu
Goodbye April 2020. You can claim you were the first full month of the pandemic.
Earth Day 2020
I looked
Around the earth
The trees were doing fine
As they whispered to the wind
Waving
Welcome
To the sunshine
That Spring had provided
Even though virus threatened their
People
I looked
Around the earth
The birds were doing fine
As they sang sweetly in the garden
Greeting
Morning
Cheerfully as
If the virus didn’t
Exist among many of the earth’s
People
I looked
Around the earh
The flowers grew and bloomed
Dressed in glorious colors
Earth’s fine
Crown Cinquain
Clouds of Hope
I see
Patches of hope
White clouds of promise
Floating above the virus
Look up!
Rise up
Above the
Gloom and doom that’s creeping
Set your focus higher, freedom’s
Coming
Shape, Concrete, Double Cinquain
NaPoWriMo Day 9–Prompt: Concrete Poem
Prevailing in Place
Snoopy never gave up the fight
Though the enemy came on strong
Attacking all that was good and right
Snoopy never gave up the fight
He fearlessly fought with all his might
Against the things he knew were wrong
Snoopy never gave up the fight
Though the enemy came on strong
Triolet
I drew this picture for my daughter who has been a #Snoopy fan since she was a little girl.
She saw a picture yesterday of just Snoopy’s doghouse, no Snoopy on top of it as he was “Sheltering in Place”.
It made us both feel so sad, 😥 that I told her I would draw him as the Red Baron with a mask on, signifying he was staying strong and not giving up.
#UnitedWeStand #staystrong #wewillprevail💪 #never give up #thistooshallpass
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