My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing A Poem Memoir By Leah Mesuk, 12 Every day is a struggle to remember what is going on outside People dying others suffer Me, here, asking to go swim in a pool I feel selfish But also very lucky Struggles define the human race All of us Even you With mind disorders Physical disorders Problems at home With bullying at school We all have problems Even though at times Not visible with the human eye People may take out their problems on others Like the Chinese Hate Crimes Because it is said they started the Coronavirus That doesn’t make it right Let all of us join together to End this fight And win it right Leah Musak, 12 Manhattan, NY
Poetry
Quarantine, a poem by Daisy Hampton, 11
Quarantine By Daisy Hampton, 11 I’m stuck on Manhattan Island Because I’m in quarantine I can’t wait to see all of my friends When we say bye to Covid-19. When school closed it was cold, dry, and dreary Not a flower could be seen When I get out I’ll see the sky clearly It’ll be warm and the trees will be green Right now all I see is my family And my friends on my Macbook Air I snuggle with my dog Maddie And the empty ferries pass by my window and blare This Coronacation Sure isn’t as fun as it sounds Like everyone in this nation I can’t wait till the U.S. rebounds Daisy Hampton, 11 New York, NY
Hour to Hour, a poem by Connor Whitsel, 10
Hour to Hour By Connor Whitsel, 10 We used to rush hour to hour, speeding from the house to the bus to school to sports like a cheetah chasing its prey. Never-ending nights of baseball, soccer, and wrestling without any time to stop. We were hurried but happy. Today, we don’t rush Hour to hour. We spend our days sleeping late, riding bikes, and playing board games. Netflix never ends and we play Fortnite with friends for hours. We are slow as sloths but loving life. Connor Whitsel, 10 Lebanon, OH This is a poem I wrote about my experience before and after COVID 19 and the school shut down. It started as an assignment to write a Before and After poem. When I was brainstorming topics, I came up with this one because this event has changed our lives in so many ways. It is a time in my life that I will never forget and I wanted to document my experience in a poem. Even though it is a scary time, there are some good things and that’s what I wanted to write about.
