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Coronavirus Coping & Conflict – A Poem & Video
Coronavirus Coping & Conflict
A Poem By
Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
My poem Coronavirus, Coping & Conflict is published in the new anthology ‘Poetry in the Time of Coronavirus‘ (Edited by G. Cuddy). Featuring 150+ Poets of the World. Now available on Amazon. Proceeds from sales of the poetry anthology will benefit Partners in Health and Doctors Without Borders.
‘Coronavirus, Coping & Conflict”
by Susan J. Farese
Coronavirus, Covid-19 – a Global Pandemic
Unfathomable
We shelter in place
Quarantine. Isolate.
Hair turns colors and grows longer
Food gets scarcer
Tempers may flare (then subside)
Our kids are not themselves, we are not ourselves, our partners are not themselves
We watch news conferences (yet they STILL aren’t 6 feet apart, hands continue to touch the podium)!
Positive tests. Numbers mounting. Lack of equipment. Unsure of treatment.
Health care providers of all specialties and levels without PPE! Their lives also at risk!
Flatten the curve.
Online learning. Zoom meetings and classes. Don’t go here. Don’t go there.
Milestones missed…Proms unheard of. Graduations rescheduled. Stores closing.
Deaths mounting. Deaths looming? Unnecessary deaths!
Is this the new normal or merely the abnormal?
We wait and watch and wonder and hope…
Will this all be resolved? WHEN?
We are unaware
We are uncertain
We get anxious
We are stressed!
Why are we uncertain?
Why aren’t we aware?
Why all this stress?
Delayed preparation?
An Oxymoron!
Thus,
Quarantine. Isolate.
We shelter in PLACE!
Unfathomable.
Coronavirus, Covid-19 – A Global Pandemic!
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We ‘Zoomed’ and Captured our Creativity with Haiku!
By
Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
A recap of our workshop w/connection, creativity and sharing!
‘Capturing Your Creativity with Haiku’
Top – Left to Right: Bonnie, Susan, Millie
Bottom – Left to Right: Janice, Mary Jean, Lori
By
Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Five lovely women attended our 2 hour SJF Communications Haiku workshop, ‘Capturing Your Creativity With Haiku’ through San Diego Writer’s, Ink via Zoom on April 5th 2020. Once I figured out the system (video, sound, muting, unmuting, locking, etc.), it was a blast!
It was my first time teaching with Zoom and now I am hooked! In fact, I am planning another virtual Haiku workshop via San Diego Writer’s, Ink tentatively on June 7th from 10-12 noon. Stay tuned for details TBA.
We began with a review of my professional history and experience with Haiku and Poetry. After that, we did an interactive interesting and most of all fun ‘ice-breaker’ – getting to know each other a bit more.
Next, after introductions and a review of my work with poetry, I taught my Power Point presentation about writing Haiku and shared several (16) of my nature (and other) photography photos as prompts to encourage Haiku writing. Everyone practiced writing Haiku and finally we had the opportunity to share our work. It was a delightful time with such a lovely group of creative empowered women!
Here’s a glimpse of our enlightened attendees written Haiku along with photo prompts they chose that day!
A simple creature
Delving into his sweetness
Bringing joy to all
– Lori
~
Hummingbird hornets
This Spring when hope hides from us
Kids drink from sippies
– Millie
A morning outlook
Wind ruffling my feathers
What to do today
-Lori
~
Eager and ready
Able with wings to take flight
Planted feet instead
-Mary Jean
~
White feathers ruffle
Lake reflections wrinkles
The visible wind
-Bonnie
Photo by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
New discovery
A promise of refreshment
Flies! They found this too
-Mary Jean
Water falls steady
From granite to constant lake
Upstaged by frailty
-Mary Jean
Lupine violet
Rises above dusty green
Poking the still air
-Millie
Photo by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Palm trees like bear hugs
Only my hairless arms wrap
Tomorrow your gaze clears
-Millie
Photo by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Whirling eternal surf
Salty water splashes ashore
No virus in sea
-Janice
Photo by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Stop full moon overhead
Secrets hide the dusky light
Car horn, now mundane
-Janice
Photo by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Crunchy leaves crackle
Sun comfort through bare branches
Seasons change, do I?
-Janice
Photo by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Puffy clouds hover
Gentle wind rustles leaves on trees
City sleeps, no danger.
-Janice
Plus, Lori and Mary Jean wrote some additional Haiku without photo prompts! Way to go!
To be deep in love
Pandemic keeps us apart
Makes me love you more
-Lori
~
Peeling the orange
Ripping the layers of flesh
Ahh! A squirt of scent
-Mary Jean
~
What a terrific time!
Connecting, creating and sharing!
Upcoming Haiku Workshops
To schedule a Haiku Workshop, please contact SJF Communications at:
408-398-5940
sjfcommunications@gmail.com
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Lake Poway: Osprey, Snakes, Coots & Haiku…Oh MY!
A quick visit to Lake Poway today yielded a few surprises! Once we arrived it only took a few minutes to see a ‘capture’ of a baby rattlesnake, reported to the ranger by a man fishing along the water’s edge.
Only a few minutes later, someone behind us shouted ‘he’s got a fish’! We looked up to notice just that! Perched high above on a utility pole, an osprey was holding a fish. He soon took off! The photos below show a bit of the dramatic feat!
Here’s a short #haiku (Day #4 of National Poetry Writing Month hashtag: #napowrimo)!
Perched high, above pole
The osprey held on to prey
Then it flew away!
Osprey Perched with Prey – Photo by SJF Communications
Wasn’t that osprey cool???
We walked along the water, taking in sights such as the beautiful blue sky and calm water of the Lake Poway. A few people were fishing, a few boating. Just a gorgeous afternoon.
More #Haiku
Crystal blue water
Perfect way to spend the day
Nature enriches
OH NO!!!!! We suddenly spotted this snake- rattlesnake? (or gopher snake?…it was a few feet long) – just as we walked above (and to the left) of the trail around the lake. That was enough for me! Beware, it’s SPRING and the rattlers are awakening!
Last #Haiku
I ask you…take heed
The rattlesnakes are lurking
Avoid getting bit!
Whew, that rattler was scary! At the end of the trip we noticed this woman who caught some trout. She allowed me to snap this photo!
All in all a wonderful time at Lake Poway!
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A Poem & Artistic ‘Finds’ at Torrey Pines State Beach
A poem and some photos from today’s fitness walk at
‘Mother Nature Evokes’!
by Susan J. Farese, SJF Communications
Art in Nature! Nature as Art!
Captured with my lens -Doing my part
I acknowledge, respect and document
And sprinkle emotional sentiment!
It magnifies the magnificence
It clarifies the significance
And so, do you agree, with me?
Then snap away, draw, paint, dance or sing
Cherish Mother Nature somehow every day…
So that in your own way – nature’s truth will ring!
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The Day Room at Night: A Haiku
The Day Room at Night:
A Haiku
By Susan J. Farese, MSN, RN,
Veteran (former MAJ) Army Nurse Corps
SJF Communications October, 2014
Published by O-Dark Thirty 2015
(Inspired by many late night chats with soldiers
…as a nurse on night shift)
