Comfort During The Coronavirus-Part 1 (Episode 5)

j-so Poetry

Greetings,

I am most grateful for THE SALVATION ARMY giving permission to the world community to share a beautifully written poem, In the Time of Pandemic, from their website:

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As many churches around the world have closed their physical doors, we (The Salvation Army) are in the midst of reimagining what it looks like to stay spiritually connected in a time of COVID-19. We've made the beautiful words of Kitty O'Meara into a printable poster, Facebook Cover photo or picture you can share in a newsletter, on social media or print out for your home. Kitty O'Meara retains copyright over the words.

IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC by Kitty O'Meara (inspired by Irene Vella)

And the people stayed home.
And read books, and listened,
and rested, and exercised,
and made art, and played games,
and grew gardens full of fresh food,
and learned new ways of being,

and were still.

And listened more deeply.
Some meditated, some prayed,
some danced.
Some met their shadows.

And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed.
And, in the absence of people
living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways,
the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed,
and the people joined together again,
they grieved their losses,
and made new choices,
and dreamed new images,
and created new ways to live
and heal the earth fully,

as they had been healed.

by Kitty O'Meara (inspired by Irene Vella) © 2020 IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC
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THANK YOUs:

Multi-talented, award-winning artist, K’bana Blaq, sings B BRAVE—which is one of his numerous songs carried on amazon.com

K’bana Blaq is a solo artist, songwriter, actor, director, writer, photographer, model and more. K’bana’s book, “Before Success: The Beginning With No Ending”, was published in 2018. His most recent release, the critically-acclaimed album, Death to Mindless Music, has been available since Feb 2020. K’bana’s music is deeply personal and passionate. He is also vocalist for the funk group, The Fuzz Band.

The j-so Poetry Podcast is honored, and most grateful, for K’bana Blaq’s willingness to share his music with this platform.