Covid Days
First published in Haiku Canada Review 15:1, February 2021, pages 59–60. Written via Zoom on 6 November 2020, coordinated by Patrick Gallagher.
a cat in her lap
as she lectures
covid days John S Green
social distance
learning to love
being alone Lynne Jambor
snowbound hospice—
on my phone I show mother
a photo of her garden Michael Dylan Welch
unmasked dogs
and faceless people
fallen leaves C. J. Prince
day after day . . .
watching squirrels chase squirrels
in the back yard Victor Ortiz
crossing the street
a muffled hello
to my neighbor Susan Erickson
Halloween night
many new ghosts
this year Patrick Gallagher
quarantine
the sun still rises
and sets Gary Evans