Sixty-Fifth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary, for Yo-Yo Ma, renowned and beloved Taiwanese American cellist
Songs of Comfort
echoing against this wall
of ghostly shadows ...
note by note my heart reopens
to this infected world
FYI: For more about Yo-Yo Ma's Songs of Comfort, see PBS's Arts and Culture, "Yo-Yo Ma on encouraging 'Songs of Comfort' amid global crisis."
Added: Sixty-Sixth Entry
a street apart
in the morning chill
a mask-free Trump fan
and a masked Trump foe
air-quote each other
Added: Sixty-Seventh Entry
locked down
in his iron castle
she counts the days
until the vaccine is ready
or he's killed by the virus
PoemHunter, May 22 2020
Note: The sixty-seventh entry is a sequel to the twenty-first entry:
balcony workout
a side-glance at the bruises
on my neighbor's neck
Added: Sixty-Seventh Entry
locked down
in his iron castle
she counts the days
until the vaccine is ready
or he's killed by the virus
PoemHunter, May 22 2020
Note: The sixty-seventh entry is a sequel to the twenty-first entry:
balcony workout
a side-glance at the bruises
on my neighbor's neck
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