Quarantine Quartet
1.
Have you ever vegetated
--- being all the damned time in just one place,
with noting to do
and nary a one to talk to?
Unmoving and unmoved
You stand and stare out
--- the mind wondering
where all the thoughts have vanished.
2.
Out in the open
It's all change.
It shines, rains and snows
As seasons arrive and exit
--- the wind sometimes joining in the play
3.
Rooted at the window like a damned plant
you stare out and see
the forest of disease and decease
slowly and relentlessly moving towards you.
Like Macbeth in his castle you stare on
.... still and chilled.
4.
Numb and dumb
you stand.
You cannot flee;
nor can you stay
With the breath stuck in your throat
there you stand
--- the mind wondering
when end would begin.
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About this poem
This poem is about one's plight in solitary confinement during the Corona Pandemic.
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Written on June 06, 2022
Submitted by rajan.cm on June 06, 2022
Modified on March 24, 2023
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Scheme | a x a a a a B a x x x a x a c x x x a x c a a a B x |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 27 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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