Poems for Coronavirustimes

April 3, 2020 4:44 PM

Did we not have a thread with uplifting poems etc relevant to the current catastrophe? I can’t find it.
posted by HotToddy to MetaFilter-Related at 4:44 PM (6 comments total)

I am alone in a small apartment, observing the social distancing rules that are in place for the foreseeable future... I'd like to read some poetry (April 1 Ask)?
posted by Iris Gambol at 5:15 PM on April 3, 2020 [2 favorites]

Thank you!
posted by HotToddy at 9:29 AM on April 4, 2020 [1 favorite]

I would like to issue a challenge to all of those trapped with cats to record a rendition of them reading Ode to Spot to their pals
posted by avocet at 10:48 AM on April 4, 2020

This Is Just To Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you had probably
hoarded
for lockdown

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:43 AM on April 5, 2020 [1 favorite]

A young couple, in their solitude,
With a cupboard and fridge full of food,
Found self-isolation
A tiring vacation,
Alone, under-occupied, rude
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:46 PM on April 5, 2020 [1 favorite]

This poem always makes me shiver with joy.

[in Just-]

BY E. E. CUMMINGS

in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and

the

goat-footed

balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 5:21 AM on April 13, 2020