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    • POEM: A Social Distancing Sonnet

      Posted at 11:44 am by stellacarr20, on July 5, 2020

      White lines mark where we stand

      Where we’re meant to wait and

      Masks obscure our careful smiles

      It’s going to be weird for a wee while

      2020 fashion, protective style

      Artist’s lose out and writers are poor

      Financial strife, it’s the new lore

      While the arts keep us sane throughout the lockdown

      They’ve kind of been forgotten now we’re allowed back in town

      Government subsidies have been given out

      It’s not enough, The Opposition shouts

      Health versus economy, the dollars, the cents

      Everyday people, we’re all fucking tense

      The budget is announced, it is heard

      The nation hanging on Grant’s every word

      Unemployment, state housing, a tourism industry boost

      Encouraging people to spend, their dollars are loose

      Heralding the call of the spender

      We’re all waiting to hear back from the lender

      Lives saved of a business lost?

      What will it all amount to?

      How will we measure the True Cost?

      Masks and scarves worn as protection

      Anything we can do to keep away the infection

      Worried eyes gleam dark over the mask

      Shopping has become a dangerous task

      Safety is the question we all ask

      Squirt of sanitiser, we clean our hands

      We’re happy we live in so-called Distant Lands

      Aotearoa is a place far-away

      We’re protected as long as border restrictions stay

      Tourism providers ask, how long til we open, if i may?

      Cafe orders made, social distancing rules

      There’s two metre spaced out bar stools

      Pick up and collect, will this be the new norm?

      It feels like a nice piece of ordinary after the Covid storm.

      I wrote this poem in friendly creative competition with my father towards the end of the month-long Aotearoa New Zealand 2020 Lockdown. I utilised rhyme schemes and cultural reflection to communicate both personal and political views on the Covid 19 situation at the time.

      I hope this poem is both of its time (a snapshot of a person in a historical moment) and that it can also be read as a more universal reflection on a world changing event.

      Posted in Poetry | 0 Comments | Tagged Covid-19, New Zealand, Poetry, politics
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