As the Spring Birds Sing coronavirus diary XII 4/13/2020
Title
As the Spring Birds Sing coronavirus diary XII 4/13/2020
Description
This is one of many poems I've been writing under the umbrella subtitle "Corona Virus Diary". It describes the coming of Spring, but also different situations/experiences under the pandemic we are all suffering through.
Creator
Marjorie Moorhead
Date
April 13, 2020
Contributor
Marjorie Moorhead
Spatial Coverage
Text
As the Spring Birds Sing
coronavirus diary XII 4/13/2020
As birds sing of Spring,
we sit in sorrow.
Under pandemic lockdown, not sure
of our tomorrow,
jobs and livelihood disappear.
Hunkered down in required isolation,
each day, we’re losing ones held dear;
uncles, teachers, grocery store workers.
Grandparents sealed in their eldercare homes
wave to family through locked doors and windows.
As we shelter within our enclosing walls,
red foxes roam; hedgehogs wander.
Left to usher in Spring without human hustle
and bustle, Earth catches her breath.
We hide behind masks; scramble for ventilators,
as birds build nests in the branches and bramble.
This year, crowded hospitals beds groan
as Lilac boughs bud, preparing to blossom.
by Marjorie Moorhead
coronavirus diary XII 4/13/2020
As birds sing of Spring,
we sit in sorrow.
Under pandemic lockdown, not sure
of our tomorrow,
jobs and livelihood disappear.
Hunkered down in required isolation,
each day, we’re losing ones held dear;
uncles, teachers, grocery store workers.
Grandparents sealed in their eldercare homes
wave to family through locked doors and windows.
As we shelter within our enclosing walls,
red foxes roam; hedgehogs wander.
Left to usher in Spring without human hustle
and bustle, Earth catches her breath.
We hide behind masks; scramble for ventilators,
as birds build nests in the branches and bramble.
This year, crowded hospitals beds groan
as Lilac boughs bud, preparing to blossom.
by Marjorie Moorhead
Collection
Citation
Marjorie Moorhead, “As the Spring Birds Sing coronavirus diary XII 4/13/2020,” COVID-19 Archive, accessed November 17, 2024, https://covid-19.digitalvermont.org/items/show/154.