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Silver Linings of the Pandemic

As a teacher (I teach in Woodstock but live in Rutland), I miss being with my students on a daily…

Stay Home, Stay Safe

This is a poem that reflects my emotions as we entered into the Stay Home Stay Safe period

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Outside an Old Country Church

I was inspired to write this poem after driving home through West Topsham, VT and noticing a sign…

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Two Poems

Covid-19 Poems Hudson.pdf
Two poems written during the COVID-19 period in Middlebury, Vermont. These were “workshopped” in the…

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Covid’s Gone a’ Roving (Poem)

RovingCovidZirblis.pdf
I wrote these verses over a year ago; a group of impressions ripped—as they say—from the headlines,…

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Covid ‘Common Sense’ (Poem)

CovidCommonsenseZirblis.pdf
Title chosen with apologies to Tom Paine.

First two stanzas:

I’m not afraid of Covid,
Of…

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Ebb Tide

Ebb Tide-McMeekin.pdf
This poem was written on March 19, 2019 shortly after Gov. Scott declared his state of emergency.

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Ups And Downs Of The Pandemic

this is just my poem about the pandemic

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Ode to COVID 19

My husband had some down time with with mud season as he is a firewood distributor. Since he…

In The Good Old Days A Month Ago

This poem is a general coverage of the first month (approximate) of shelter-in-place. I live in…

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Cover of a zine produced in a free online workshop hosted by Kimball Library in Randolph

The Homebound Diaries Vol. 2 Cover.pdf
The Homebound Diaries project began as an experiment to see how writing might reduce the isolation…

Poem Journal

A_Journal_in_Poems.pdf
I live alone in Montpelier. I do not drive, so I can't really go farther than a few miles from home…

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