{"product_id":"haiku-poetry-for-the-covid-kate-dash-9781732571495","title":"Haiku Poetry for the Covid Pandemic: Witnessing and Connecting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to put into words a devastating pandemic that upends the world and our daily experiences of life, love and community?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Haiku Poetry for the Covid Pandemic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e brings together over ninety short poems that usher us through the first two years of the pandemic. The poems are variously serious and whimsical, capturing Covid-19's sweeping reach-from the blunt fact of barren store shelves, to shimmering questions dwelling in the great unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeginning in March 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e with the declaration of the pandemic, this poetry of witness and relation contends with death, grief, loss and loneliness as it also offers words of healing and hope. It invokes the experience of living simultaneously with the existential and the mundane, as we negotiate new relationships to restaurants, homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, grocery stores, and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 2021, the poems begin to shake off the bewildering shock and awe of the preceding \"blurs-year\" during which many of us felt disconnected from ordinary time. They do this by giving urgent witness to discrete events, striving to be present in unique moments despite the confounding coronavirus's refusal to leave. \u003cstrong\u003eWhen the collection ends in March 2022, we are left standing at the uncertain threshold of Covid 3.0, glancing at these poems in the side-view mirror. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Dash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 173257149X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732571495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Word Haven Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Kate Dash","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519206633727,"sku":"9781732571495","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da2a08b2-9b86-4ebd-bab1-d154cef36b27.jpg?v=1778737041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haiku-poetry-for-the-covid-kate-dash-9781732571495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}