English Original
covid spikes
a barbed-wire fence
in morning light
First Place, Illinois State Poetry Society Poetry Contest
Jo Balistreri
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
冠狀病毒案例大增
在晨光中
一大片的鐵絲網
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
冠状病毒案例大增
在晨光中
一大片的铁丝网
Bio Sketch
Jo Balistreri is grateful for the haiku community and the ability to keep writing.
The statement of L1 sets the theme and mood while the image of Ls 2&3 is visually and emotionally poignant, carrying symbolic significance of one (isolation) of the consequences of L1.
ReplyDeleteAnd this covid haiku could be read as a sequel to my haiku below:
Three Hundred and Forty-Sixth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary
live with covid?
the play of light and shadow
on a fortune-teller's face
NeverEnding Story, September 2, 2022
FYI: The Conversation, April 2: Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19, accessed at https://theconversation.com/ageism-and-the-pandemic-how-canada-continues-to-let-older-adults-suffer-and-die-from-covid-19-201630
ReplyDeleteCOVID-19 is rising among the leading causes of death in Canada, reaching the No. 3 spot.
Older adults account for most of those deaths, and we are letting it happen.
COVID has become the second-leading cause of hospitalization in Canada, after childbirth. Among those over 50, it is the single leading cause of hospitalization.
We had more outbreaks in long-term care facilities in 2022 than we had in 2020 and 2021 combined, and more deaths and more hospitalizations than the first two years of the pandemic combined.