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Pandemic Poetry & Art Healing Project Gallery

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Working at Home, Day 31
Amy Miller, Writer
Rachel Tyler, Artist

All in our Zoom windows. Heads,
bookshelves, the tops of plants.
Most of us looking down, harsh
lighting, ceiling vents. Waiting...

Balcony Eden
Lisa Ortiz, Writer
Shirley Tipton, Artist

The little succulent

in its aubergine dish.

            The nurses. 

The children at home...

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Breathless
Erika Justine, Writer
Caitlin Madison, Artist

Keep moving 

Find a way 

Try harder 

Build 

Drag

Pull

Lift 

Breathe?

Is it possible to write a poem 

during a pandemic and not 

address it or the circular nature

of time and how nearly everything 

adores being alive?...

Poeming in a Pandemic
Brie Huling, Writer
Lyla Merle Morrison, Artist
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But did you know this:

Behind the walls of the chrysalis,

The complete digesting of oneself into utter goo. 

Only a few cells get saved. And so,

I realized this on the ninth day: 

I cannot intellectualize my way out of this.

I must feel out every step with all my being...

Catalyst
Amie Tyler, Writer
Emily Galusha, Artist
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All We Knew
Ken Thompson, Writer
Mimi Searfoss, Artist

It seemed that 

today

We emptied the skies

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and the forsythia cups

Deformed by spring winds

bent shy and...

when i was small, i would often wonder

which star am i in the big dark universe?

 

there was a time when i was afraid to be seen

when it was not safe to shine

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Arundhati ~ She who is faintly visible in the vast night sky...

Arundhati
Stephanie Chee Barea, Writer
Everest Lavery, Artist
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Pandemonium
c.e. chapple, Writer
Desiree LaBeaud, Artist

...With many of us caught on opposing sides

The bricks rising ever higher 

With no dismantling any time soon

Mayhap the internet will serve as carrier pigeon 

Conveying my love to the other side

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