Wrecking - Birthing
Wrecking - Birthing
Ravaging COVID-19
the world is praying, to God almighty,
that stemming viral transmission
from infecting and furious killing
Gaia suffering silently but hoping
Her abused body needs recovering
From man’s reckless devastating
That lockdown fulfilling and resting
A welcome and gracious gesture
Human and nature experience nurture
From the same hands’ gesture
Of human and nature
COVID-19 may appear destroying
Properties, relationships and living
But precious pause and rest hungering
Bring us back to marvelous recreating
Alas, let’s be calm, at peace, aspiring
We allow slow process of birthing
That this “new normal” is offering
A new world, new relationship emerging.
(Odlanyer – August 19, 2020)
About this poem
My composition at the height of the lockdown here in the Philippine because of Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. The poem is describing the wrecking that arose amidst pandemic, yet there is also birthing and healing.
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Submitted by Odlanyer on June 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BBXA AAAA CCCC AAAA AAAA B |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 712 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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