Poetry, literature, and music for times of quarantine.
“Even given the absurdity of the situation, it is up to us, through our defiance [...] to make our lives meaningful."
— Michael Y. Bennett
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Quarantina - 40 Days
Quarantine: the etymology of the word originates from the Italian quarantina, meaning “forty days". Our quarantine could also be our “forty days”, a time to withdraw, to renounce, to give, to wait and know that the promise of renewal and goodness will follow…
Experiment 6: Write about one day in minute detail
In this experiment, I took another one of Mayer’s poetry suggestions: ‘Write once a day in minute detail about one thing’. What I did instead was write about one day in minute detail…Read here for the results.
Lucid Fever: A Poem by Arah Ko
Quarantine poetry by Arah Ko, ‘On Stealing Everything’: “While not being able to breathe has always been a specific fear for me, it has been adopted as a societal fear of coronavirus. A friend of mine in the Chicago area who had to be hospitalized for suspected COVID-19 said, ‘I’m not afraid to die. I am ready. But every night I am afraid I will stop breathing in my sleep, and not even know.”