Poem for today by Anthony Josolyne
Arts Richmond
Online - 01 May 2020
Invisible, lifeless, still passive;
aimlessly wafting:
a seed-like germ of death,
waiting,
waiting for a host.
No instinct, no self-drive;
carried by atmospheric flow,
through the air we breathe,
unwittingly inhaled…
… absorbed:
then growth!
Airborne, the regenerated, threat
builds and spreads across the globe
victimising the vulnerable and weak;
no cure is known
and protection may be breached.
Society is stricken:
close social contact’s lost;
shortage of supplies,
handled goods unsafe.
Science struggles,
industry crumbles,
finance founders,
sickness and death
on the increase, day by day.
Isolation,
hygiene,
care and patience
block it.
Tony Josolyne
(Self-isolating 2020)
Viral Pandemic
Arts Richmond Virtual Art Exhibition
The Roger McGough Annual Poetry Prize 2020
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