01

Stephen House writes about his aging mom and his uncertainty about the arts, trying to make ends meet, and if the industry can survive the pandemic in his poem “Riding This Out.”

02

Joan Potter paints an idyllic picture of a visit to her son on a warm summer day.  Aptly capturing the new normal of social interaction during the pandemic in "On Stephen's Lawn."

03

 In "The Water-Tank," Fatima Farhad writes about the often overlooked and narrates an emotive conversation on what a water-tank would say if it had a voice.

04

 Apathy kills us all. Read a thought-provoking poem by Almond Syiem titled "Quarantine Prayer," which follows the lives of those who have borne the pains of quarantine way before the onset of the virus.

05

 "This summer has come

Not on little cat feet

But on the rumble of thunder

And the threat of a strike

More fearsome than lightning." 

We close with a poem titled "Corona Summer: Safe at Home," by Jim Andrukonis.

I hope you all keep safe and healthy.