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Pandemic Poem #38

Beth

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11.12.20

In that space of knowing Something needs to be done But not knowing What it is What to do Where to go How to say it What to feel I lace my sneakers  And press the soles into soil softened  By an overnight rainstorm In that space of knowing  I should be writing  But not …

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Teacher Pandemic Poem #2

Beth

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07.22.20

Our last class discussion
was devoted
to calming the fears
of eleven year olds

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Teacher Pandemic Poem #1

Beth

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07.20.20

The children you want to send to my classroom

in the fall

are not

the same children who left my classroom

in the winter.

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AM Pandemic Poem #1

Beth

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07.15.20

Sunrise

is non-billable therapy for

loneliness

Categories: Poetry•Tags: grief, pandemic poems•

Pandemic Poem #37

Beth

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07.10.20

Are you going to be

the same person

at the end of the pandemic

as you were

at the beginning?

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Pandemic Poem #36

Beth

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07.09.20

Distilling my day

into words

should not be so difficult.

Categories: Poetry•Tags: pandemic poems, walking, writing•

Pandemic Poem #35

Beth

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07.07.20

In July, migraines make mornings start

before meditation and journaling.

The heat you went to bed with

is the heat you wake up with.

Categories: Poetry•Tags: pandemic poems•

Pandemic Poem #32

Beth

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06.30.20

How do people live

the unexamined life?

Why is it so hard

to learn from our mistakes?

To see them as lessons

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Pandemic Poem #31

Beth

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06.20.20

or, Things Learned Walking 5 Miles on the Solstice

East to West, Roundabout

The distance traveled by

a roadkill raccoon’s liver

is twice that

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Pandemic Poem #30

Beth

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06.15.20

First day cycling since fall.

Why not sooner?

Come home to nap

on the deck

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