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POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR
Poems written during the Coronavirus Outbreak 2020
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John E Wright Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
Poet since 1960s. .M. Creative Writing, Uni. of
Kent(2014) Member Eastbourne Poetry Cafe group and The
Downland Poets Pub “Ikenography” 2015 “Scribble, scribble” 2020
Written April 14,2020 Corona coriolis Bucket lists on hold, both young and old are being cheated of their dreams by this. Breaths are being held, careers, relationships, solvency for some, escape for others. All freeze-framed as the threat rolls on. Is there a precipice to come, a mushroom cloud, a whisper, or a bang? “As flies to wanton boys...” the mad king saod, as on and on the virus spread. Will that sigh be the last?
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