The corona catastrophe

Silently shrill
a silent chill
seems to have run down the spine
of our blue planet windmill
So many deceased
Too many ill
mounting and surmounting
the healthcare bill
Breathing for many
is like climbing uphill
or like panting on
your home treadmill
And it's frightening when
there is nil a pill.
A minute invisible
virus doth kill .
Pray to God for mercy
bow and kneel!
Many are dying
without a will
It's safer to stay home
by the window sill
The world seems to have come
to a standstill
You now have time to sharpen
your poetic quill
In lockdown pray
and ink still spill
You may hone
your poetic skill
Until the virus
has had its fill.
Corona they say feels like drowning
like a fish without a gill
for we can't breathe
like the eel or krill.
In mouths hot water
flush and swill
Exterminate this virus?
only God can and will.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

We need to keep away from large groups, wear the mask and stay healthy. I work every night as pharmacy manager. Near sick people and I do the baking soda and water with lime, ginger tea and the vitamins.
"In mouths hot water
flush and swill
Exterminate this virus?
only God can and will."
I pray coronavirus has one phrase, I believe phrase two will be worst. Big business will kill millions. Be safe, be careful my friend.
Coyote

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Thanks woo much esteemed popular poet for your great wise comment! Yes ginger, lime and honey and black seed oil has been great for coughs and colds. Stay safe!

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

* sorry typo, I meant thanks soo much

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend. Be careful and stay safe.

[gram linski]

I liked the single rhyme running through this, you paint the bleak picture of today's society very well,

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Hi poet gram I'm glad you could like the mono rhyme type form of this and that you said I painted the scenario well enough to be read by greatvpoets like you. Thanks, stay safe, best wishes.

[Dave]

A very interesting perspective. So far it seems that only hoping and praying is the only alternative. Stay away! Stay inside! Don't listen to our erstwhile leader! Where ever and whatever you do wear your mask! Best hope, I'm reminded of the phrase, "And this too shall pass."
Take care and be safe - Dave

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Hi poet Dave, thanks ever soo much for your bright hopeful words in comment, yes indeed prayer helps a lot, I would go crazy without it with fear and panic. Yes great that quote, this too shall pass' I hope n pray it does though it may seem we are still doomed. Cheers and best wishes, stay safe!

[Ngawang Tibet]

The question is, who should be blamed for it? I have written one too, here it goes:

The novel Coronavirus
Like the Marijuanas
One puff one life
No bluff no safe
I just into your world
You are a invisible hoard
More populous place
Is your mighty palace
I’m so driven by thy fame
We all played by thy game
When you summon the eclipse
Even the sun has no escape
Smoking you like Marijuanas
Dear novel Coronavirus!

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Yeah man there's lots of sociopolitical views about who is to blame, some blame China for starting and leaking it to the world, some blame USA ah.. Your poetic response is super and cool, novel comparing the virus to marihuana wow.! Thanks so much for that comment, I enjoyed your poem! Stay safe!

[Lydia Shutter]

Zaynab, your staccato lines say it so well.....we are all suffering because of this Coronavirus. When will it end? Will the vaccine work? Will we ever be able to hug friends and family again? So many questions and not definite answers. I liked the rhyming in this poem. Lydi**

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

I loved your comment, love the word staccato, yes the world is under trial and tribulations ah. You ask valid apt questions that we all have, everyone is shaken and wondering ahh. I'm glad you liked the rhyming, was just my way also of tuning in to ask on all poets here how the virus is influencing thought. Take care, stay safe!

[Robert Trakofler]

The air is a bit heavy these days to say the least Zaynab and it is a good time to sharpen that quill of yours:) it is most important to scrawl of theses days tho the subject is heavy it also serves as a time capsule for others to witness:/

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Hi poet bunny, yeah I like being the poetic bunny rabbit too, so yeah there's more time to sharpen the quill nowadays, though the internet devices are being hogged by our zoom online kids classes so it's hard to login. I like how you phrased your comment eloquently, it is a time capsule record for the future generations who will talk of it all as we did the bubonic plague and SARS which seemed far off until now. Thanks for your input!, stay safe and stay positive.

[emmajoy]

First class idea of how to express your feelings about the pandemic. However, i feel the continuing attempt to rhyme the '-ill ' sound distracts from the importance of the topic.

Thank you for asking me to review.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Yeah I could try a freeverse at it I guess, but I enjoy rhyming even if it may not be favoured nowadays. The topic is important yes but poets do still monorhyme in serious matters so I will just ah tag along. Warm thanks and stay safe.

[emmajoy]

Your choice absolutely! Take care of yourself.