Whoever wrote it it is spot on. Which he by heapes in groundlesse graves interres. Someone meditated With domineering insolence replete, Conversations with neighbors Whilst not technically the most brilliant poem, Freneau’s ‘Pestilence’ does pay tribute to the horror of the disease as it ravaged the new American city: Hot, dry winds forever blowing, His writhed hands did at the linen pluck; We’d like to thank Caroline Collingridge for suggesting a number of these poems to us here at IL Towers; a poem by Caroline, reflecting the mood during the current pandemic, concludes this selection. A Poem for the Times - 'And People Stayed Home' by Catherine O'Meara By: Columba O'Hare Published: 25 March 2020 REVISION 29/3/2020 * It has been pointed out to us that this poem was actually written in 2020 and the poet Kitty O'Meara is in fact alive and well. However, the poem sounds far too contemporary to date from the 1860s, and indeed, it’s actually far more recent in origin – it was written by Catherine ‘Kitty’ O’Meara, from Madison, Wisconsin, in 2020. Make men hard-hearted.— ‘Place him on the truck. And they listened more deeply. The African-American poet, publisher, activist, and performance artist Jayne Cortez (1934-2012) writes powerfully here about the importance of resistance, and although the ‘resistance’ she argues for is political rather than biological, her poem contains the resonant words ‘They will spray you with / a virus of legionnaire’s disease / fill your nostrils with / the swine flu of their arrogance …’ Although this reference to ‘swine flu’ gives the poem a twenty-first-century feel, it was actually published back in the early 1980s. I am sick, I must die— Longing for Given the pandemic the world is currently grappling with, our thoughts here at IL Towers during this lockdown period have, perhaps naturally, turned to plague, pestilence, and pandemics. Among his fellows he is cast. She wrote poems as a child and had published poems in the Irish Times while still an undergraduate. Lucretius, from De Rerum Natura. Around that man whose breath is pestilence And people began to think differently How did poets of previous generations deal with, and respond to, plague and mass illness? And stopped And the people stayed home. And each receives what hunger longs to eat …. The author of this poem, Laura Kelly Fanucci, lives in Minnesota and writes a syndicated column titled ‘Faith at Home’ which is published in Catholic newspapers in the US. Contagion foul Death proves them all but toys. In high redundance of Typhonic rage, If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. And people found each other Great post, Thanks, Lynn! Looking about She died on April 27, 2020. Off they scamper, And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal. Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new posts by email. Out flie the citizens, some here, some there; Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Mary Latter (1725-77) was an English poet, essayist and playwright whose name has fallen out of the history books, but she gave us this dramatic evocation of living in a time of ‘Contagion’ (published in 1759). During the 1970s she gave writing workshops throughout Ireland and in 1980 … and made art and played …. Apologies for mistakingly dating it over a hundred years earlier. A crowded theater And listened more deeply. Priests retreating from their pulpits!— This is a fantastic post. Davies (1569-1626) was another poet to live through the plague outbreaks in London in the 1590s: London now smokes with vapours that arise None from his darts can fly; This poem has been attributed to Kathleen O’Meara (1839-88), an Irish-French writer, since it recently went viral in early 2020, following the COVID-19 outbreak. And spreads th’ infectious influence o’er his fame! Each fondly presses to her bounteous treat, Catherine O'Meara Site THE-DAILY-ROUND.COM. Just sitting on Chin-deep in malice shoot their bitter darts When this is over, may we never again take for granted Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. And people stayed home For something to do This was man made-In fact an attempt by non natives To end a race via genocide. Space outside Constant hearses, And in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways Go forth into the burial-ground and find How are poets of today writing about the current pandemic? Wondering on The plague is come,’ a gnashing Madman said, Vain, he struts Simon Armitage’s allusion to Meghduta is immensely effective and topical in his poem ‘Lockdown’. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. Young (c. 1790-1870) was a Scottish newspaper editor who edited The Sun (not that one), but who also wrote largely forgotten poetry. And blast them, execrable, into ruin! And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. Grieved for the dead people Someone prayed Insinuations vile This poem, however, is about plague: specifically the ‘pestilence’ of yellow fever which killed 5,000 citizens of Philadelphia in 1793. Kathleen O’Meara was indeed a 19th-century Irish poet, but she didn’t write this!
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