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World-famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama offered up a brief moment of pause Wednesday through the power of a poem she wrote about the coronavirus pandemic. “Today, with the world facing COVID ...
The two poems address how to deal with the anxiety of the coronavirus outbreak and the imposition of stay-at-home orders. different than it is,” begins Ungar’s poem. Both poems preach slowing ...
The brief exchange inspired her to write a 24-line poem, titled “A Child’s Isolation Lament," from the perspective of a young kid stuck inside their house during the coronavirus pandemic.
April is National Poetry Month, but April 2020 has been like no other before. Because of the coronavirus, poets are sheltering indoors like the rest of us. Which got us wondering if it's possible ...
A mother who was unable to answer her daughter's questions about coronavirus was impressed after the six-year-old turned her feelings of confusion and worry into an emotional poem. Rebecca ...
To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19, life under lockdown, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.
Brother Richard Hendrick, a Capuchin Franciscan living in Ireland, has penned a touching poem about coronavirus. Brother Richard shared his poem "Lockdown" in a Facebook post on Friday ...
Evan Wang, a senior at Upper Merion High School, wants to see young people engage with poetry off the page and in everyday ...