A Room of My Own: Snowbanks between Neighbours Tanka

Three Hundred and Thirtieth Entry,  Coronavirus Poetry Diary

snowflake on snowflake

on snowbanks between neighbours

how fleeting 

and how endless

a lockdown day can feel

Added: Three Hundred and Thirty-First Entry

ten years later

we meet by chance on a bus

this omicron winter

there are no more masks left

for us to hide behind

Added: Three Hundred and Thirty-Second Entry

spring blizzard

in the world of one color

sound of covid cough

FYI: A covid cough sounds like someone's hacking up a lung. It carries a consistent, rough tone because it doesn't contain mucus. For more, listen to Carleton University's Ingenious Talks: Detecting COVID-19 Through Cough Sounds