The 2019-2020 San Diego Poetry Annual is Now Available for Purchase!

The poem ‘A Light Dimmed’ by Susan J. Farese is included in the 2019-2020 San Diego Poetry Annual which is now available for purchase at a discounted rate of $15 plus shipping.

Excited to announce that my poem (in Haiku format), ‘A Light Dimmed’ about my Aunt Pam, who sadly passed away 6 months ago, is published in the Veterans section of the 2019-2020 San Diego Poetry Annual (page 294).

This is the second year that my poetry has appeared in the San Diego Poetry Annual anthology. Last year my poem ‘Flashbacked Life’ was included and I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the many live poetry readings and presentations around the San Diego area. Unfortunately, all public readings for the 2019-2020 anthology are now on hold due to the current situation with Coronavirus/Covid-19.

To purchase the 2019-2020 anthology ($15 discount price indefinitely plus shippng) here is the link!: https://sandiegopoetryannual.com/how-to-order/ For more information mail: sdeag1@gmail.com

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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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