I’ve been wanting to write about “COVID Normal” for a while after losing count how many times the Premier said it in a press conference, and with the recent prompt of ‘balance’ from Writing Challenges With Fleassy, it all came together.
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Pandemic #44 / Monopoly
A short piece about capitalism from a board games prompt from the Writing Challenges With Fleassy.
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Pandemic Poem #43 / Daylight Savings Time
My kids have always gotten up with the sun, me not so much. Without the imposition of a place of employment to get to, I admit our sleep schedules have been a bit all over the place lately. Tomorrow the kids 6am wake-ups will now be a more comfortable 7am as we turn our clocks one direction or another for Daylight Savings Time. Hopefully that will help.
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Pandemic Poems Are Back on The Blog
I have started the process of going back and posting all my pandemic poems right here on my blog. It’s going to take me a little while as it involves over 40 images to re-size and text to edit. The posts will be back-dated so you will be able to see them in the order they were written.
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Victorious Words From The Pandemic / Mon 5th Oct
On Monday 5th October, I’ll be reading some of my Pandemic Poems as well as some other writer’s poetry as part of the Melbourne Writer’s Theatre’s “Victorious” online event.
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Pandemic Poem #42 / Dear 2020
This poem was inspired by one of Fleassy Malay‘s pendemic writing prompts. The prompt was to write to 2020 as if it were a person. I’ve often struggled with personification in the past but this one actually came pretty easily.
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Pandemic Poem #41 / A Letter to Myself Now Lockdown Is Over
I don’t know who else needs to hear this but it’s okay if you enjoyed some parts of isolation. It’s okay if 2020 has given you gifts. It’s okay to be feeling like you’re in a better place now than you were at the start of the year.
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Pandemic Poem #40 / Wooded Wisdom
A little poem that I recorded the idea for while walking through the bush at my parent’s property.
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Pandemic Poetry #39 / Connection
I’ve been intrigued by the weird thing that happens to language when the connection on zoom is lagging. Things speed up, slow down and skip and jolt. I thought it would make for an interesting poem, and I was right. It’s espeically disconcerting if read aloud.
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