Covid-19

DC Chambial

—DC Chambial, editor poetcrit

What weird times 

queer disease dogs man

the world thunderstruck.

Humans dying 

hundreds and thousands 

superpowers on knees.

The world locked in 

all roads, picnic spots wear 

deserted look.

The maniac race 

halted awhile 

peace reigns Supreme.

Parents and children 

estranged for years 

live and smile together.

Pass time in new 

recipes to savour 

tongue and time.

Nature replenishing 

with pleasure free of cost; 

nature lives free to roam.

Tears well up, those 

engaged in nature’s cure 

lost their bread and ale.

Clean air rivers 

even seas and oceans 

mountains invisible 

from some hundred meters 

visible now from hundreds 

of kilometers away.

It’s come not mere 

disease but a boon to teach 

humanity sanity.

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10 Panku Poems

1 

leisure with family

joy and cheerfulness reign supreme

the gift of covid-19

2

locked down 

to contain, cure corona 

living like first family

3

queer fight against invisible enemy 

casualties by hundreds and thousands 

oh! Corona

4 

at the last moment 

leaving the world all alone 

as alone had come

a novice mode to live and die

5

harried hurry left behind 

fill lungs with air clean

home’s my universe

6

young and old 

at the mercy of nasty covid 

tears too afraid to come out

7

deaths by hundreds and

thousands:  mourners

decide not to disturb

8

lock down 

a moment for the earth to refresh 

murkied by egoists 

9

no honking horns, blaring ’speakers 

roads, highways 

open to animals wild

thanks covid-19

10

O the creator 

let everything bloom 

covid-19’s doom

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Setu, September 2020