We Are More Than Half Way Through Level Five Again
We Are Adapting New Ways To Work, School, And Life
Keeping Ourselves And Each Other Safe
Doing What’s Being Asked
Wearing A Mask
A Visible Sign That I Care For Mine And Your Welfare
Penny’s Wont Open In Time For The Late Late Toy Show
Where Are All The Late Late Pajamas Sets To Go?
They Are Being Distributed Through Charities
Being Given Away To Girls And Boys In Hospital Stays
Thank You Penny’s For Saving The Day
Nursing Homes Are Being Inundated
With Letters Of Good Cheer Thanks To An Post
They are Free To Get There
To Be Given To The Residents Inside
To Give Them A Lift
To Let Them Know That They Are In Our Thoughts,Our Hearts And Prayers
Through Our Words We Show, To Family Stranger’s, Loved Ones And Friends
That They Are Not Being Forgotten
We Will Be Their Pen Pal Friends
Margaret Who At One Hundred Years
During Lockdown Spoke To Her Newborn Great Grandson Through Glass
Wrote Daniel A Letter
Alas She Has Now Passed
Not Before She Got To Hold And Hug Him Close To Her Heart
Told Her Family That They Would Never Be Apart
She Would Be Watching Over Them From Heaven Above
Sending Them All Her Love
South Of The Border We Are Doing Well
Our Numbers Declining
While Our Northern Neighbours Are In A Living Hell
As Their Numbers Rise In Unprecedented Times
We Are An Island Divided By Political Woes.
Health Versus Livelihoods
Which Way Will It Go?
Some Have Even Reverted To Putting Up Their Christmas Tree
An Act To Bring Some Light Into A Dark Situation
To Brighten The Long Nights Facing You And Me
Out Of Our Many Sacrifices
Out Of Our Loss And Pain
May We Find The Strength, The Gain
And Start To Heal
A Nation Once Again
© Pauline Byrne 2020
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A selection of Isolation Poetry