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2020 Plague

JackMayerPoem2020.pdf
Here’s a new poem I wrote in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Like all my wilderness poems, I…

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As the Spring Birds Sing coronavirus diary XII 4/13/2020

This is one of many poems I've been writing under the umbrella subtitle "Corona Virus Diary". It…

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At the Appalachian Trail, Woodford, VT

The poem tells all this.

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Christmas Eve twenty-twenty

I wrote this poem for my grandkids reflecting on our Christmas Eve alone in Barnard VT during the…

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Closer and Closer

Closer and Closer.pdf
A poem expressing optimism written in February 2021 after almost a year of the pandemic.

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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…

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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Covid Couplets

This poem reflects observations, feelings, opinions, and state of mind, all highly influenced by the…

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Covid Limbo

I had cataract surgery for my right eye on March 4, in Adams, MA. I was scheduled to have the left…

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Covid Verses

I wrote this poem during the worst of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.

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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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