Status Updates From Pandemic Poems: First Wave

I also hated the term 'new normal'

I'm starting to recall bits and pieces of life in lockdown especially with the Z for Zoom. I know 2020 wasn't that long ago but I didn't journal in 2020 or 2021 so it is all a bit hazy. I'm liking these.

Just read Q for Quarantine Roots and it hit me that I haven't dyed my hair since December 2019. The things we thought we once needed to do and now they seem so pointless.

I remember reading these poems on Twitter during lockdown and I'm interested to see and feel what the impact the collection will have now that I'm removed from that constant fear and anxiety caused by COVID-19.

This is the first poetry book I read from Olive Senior, Jamaican Poet Laureate currently living in Toronto.
Pandemic Poems take a deep look into the first wave of the COVID-19 virus - grief, loss, new words, new reflections and all the systemic issues uncovered during this past year and some months.
I loved that Olive shared most of my feelings along views on inequality, inequity and a long etcetera.