By Fay L. Loomis
obliterates appointments
erases calendars, blanks slates
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The Fluffed up Plan
By Maggie Zolobajluk
Nowhere to be seen, was the man at the top.
His head just off the political chopping block
Lockdown Slam by Jonathan Dovey
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A Nurse’s Plea
By Yvonne Ugarte
Hold on tightly to my hand, Bill
I will not let go
Your family cannot be with you
As we must isolate you in this room
But I am here
The Pandemic of ‘Traditional’ Values
By Nemina Dickinson
Headlines.
Vaccine by Christmas.
It will all be over by Christmas.
School was hard enough.
The screen speaks.
It Always Rains Inside
By Jasmine Clarke
Staring through the window pain
the howling rage of relentless rain
makes me wonder
Two Poems
By Grace Massey
Let’s throw a party! No masks
allowed. Please cough
into the salad, sneeze
into the ice cream, kiss strangers,
on both cheeks.
Year of the Rat
By Alex Clare I’m an NHS worker (non-clinical) based in Brighton at the moment, but consider London home. I knew I wanted to write this poem almost a year ago in the first weeks of lockdown one, but didn’t get round to forming a coherent structure for it or putting words on paper for quiteContinue reading “Year of the Rat”
Two Poems
By Patricia Peterson
here on the edge
where the sky is green against
the lake turned silver at the rim
The Silent Bluebird
By Sofi Bajor
He had to spend all of his time cooped up inside.
Like Bukowski’s bluebird in his very own cage.
Tormented by his crowded mind.