Plague Year Poems

A Poem a Day for the Duration
March 22, 2020 through June 7, 2021

March 2020 [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

April 2020       [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

March 22: 1. Going Gentle	April 1: 11. My Darn Brain	April 11: 21. My Favorite Day of the Year	April 21: 31. Do Fence Me In
March 23: 2. Blather, Wince, Repeat	April 2: 12. The Eternal Now	April 12: 22. Our Modern Age	April 22: 32. Inhabitual
March 24: 3. Waiting for the Call	April 3: 13. Clarion Comfort	April 13: 23. Correction	April 23: 33. Gone Viral
March 25: 4. Social Distancing in Paradise	April 4: 14. Getting to Know My Laptop	April 14: 24. A Trifle Hubristic	April 24: 34. A Lot of Weather We're Having Lately
March 26: 5. Crass Commercialism	April 5: 15. This Modern Age	April 15: 25. Tantalus	April 25: 35. By the Beautiful Sea
March 27: 6. How Life Goes On	April 6: 16. Providing a Vital Service Apparently	April 16: 26. Confession	April 26: 36. Three Dozen
March 28: 7. My Plans for Saturday	April 7: 17. All Very Hush Hush	April 17: 27. An Unreliable Narrator	April 27: 37. My Pre-existing Condition
March 29: 8. Quite Contrary	April 8: 18. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow	April 18: 28. Dessert With Three 'S's	April 28: 38. 'Twas Ever Thus
March 30: 9. What I've Been Thinking All Along	April 9: 19. A Glow-in-the-Dark Bumbershoot?	April 19: 29. The Siren Song of Honesty	April 29: 39. Full of Sound and Fury
March 31: 10. Taking My Zicam...	April 10: 20. Breaking My Fast	April 20: 30. Some Sort of "Versary"	April 30: 40. Me Complaining Again

May 2020           [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

June 2020   [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

May 1: 41. Hello, Dali	May 17: 57. Fifty-Seven Varieties	June 1: 72. Original Sin	June 16: 87. Must! Keep! Dancing!
May 2: 42. Another Saturday at Home	May 18: 58. Utilizing the First Person Plural	June 2: 73. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Hams	June 17: 88.And It Comes Out Here
May 3: 43. Invitation to the Dance	May 19: 59. Invitation	June 3: 74. Prejudiced	June 18: 89. Priorities
May 4: 44. Learning Curve	May 20: 60. Three Hundred Poems from Now	June 4: 75. The Butterfly Effect	June 19: 90. Seriously, Though
May 5: 45. Crunchy	May 21: 61. Adventure Awaits	June 5: 76. The Sound of Chainsaws	June 20: 91. The Endless Summer
May 6: 46. The Red Shoes	May 22: 62. Oh, Me of Little Faith	June 6: 77. A Brief Action Scene	June 21: 92. Squirrel!
May 7: 47. Buckets of Fried Cheese	May 23: 63. One of My Hobbies	June 7: 78. One Puppet Master's Lament	June 22: 93. Another Squirrel
May 8: 48. Prosody or Prose?	May 24: 64. Such Pretty Colors	June 8: 79. A Learning Experience	June 23: 94. The Third Squirrel
May 9: 49. Seven Come Eleven	May 25: 65. Both Spirit and Flesh are Weak	June 9: 80. Festering Carbuncles	June 24: 95. Close Encounters of the Squirrel Kind
May 10: 50. My Biggest Fan	May 26: 66. Disposition	June 10: 81. Mono a Mono	June 25: 96. Drowsy
May 11: 51. Another Little Dialogue	May 27: 67. The Bony Pony Polka	June 11: 82. The Big Question	June 26: 97. A Cleanup in All Departments
May 12: 52. Prepare for a Hatch Battening	May 28: 68. The Sound of One Fist Fighting	June 12: 83. Ballade of Things to Come	June 27: 98. Steady State
May 13: 53. The Collapse of Civilization	May 29: 69. Don't Write What You Don't Know	June 13: 84. Thirteen Weeks Later	June 28: 99. My Darn Brain Again
May 14: 54. Come 'n' Get It	May 30: 70. Barometric Pressure	June 14: 85. Exhortation	June 29: 100. Big Round Number
May 15: 55. Reaching the Old Speed Limit	May 31: 71. 1971	June 15: 86. Eighty-Six Me	June 30: 101. Just Getting Warmed Up
May 16: 56. Mark Your Calendars

July 2020       [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

August 2020             [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

July 1: 102. And Two Steps Back	July 17: 118. Walk it Off	August 1: 133. Fifteen Thousand Words	August 16: 148. My National Anthem
July 2: 103. Pseudo-Nostalgia	July 18: 119. The Once and Future Jerk	August 2: 134. Home Again, Home Again	August 17: 149. Badgering
July 3: 104. What Woke Me This Morning	July 19: 120. Asymptomatic	August 3: 135. Birds Without Hats	August 18: 150. Being Badgered
July 4: 105: The Pathetic Fallacy	July 20: 121: One Two One	August 4: 136. When Air Becomes Sky	August 19: 151. Badger-Go-Round
July 5: 106: This Holiday Weekend	July 21: 122. A Month After the Solstice	August 5: 137. What I Don't Mean	August 20: 152. A Brief Disclaimer
July 6: 107. On the List to be Off the List	July 22: 123. Four	August 6: 138. What I Do Mean	August 21: 153. The Badger and the Beautiful
July 7: 108: Green Eggs and Ants	July 23: 124: The New Normal at the Library	August 7: 139. Nearly Killed While Baking Again	August 22: 154: Badger of Office
July 8: 109: And the Dying is Easy	July 24: 125: A Nine-Dollar Hot Dog	August 8: 140: Google "Prime 53 Poem"	August 23: 155. The Good, the Badger, and the Ugly
July 9: 110. It's Comedy That's Hard	July 25: 126. Occupation	August 9: 141: I Build My Man of Straw	August 24: 156. Badgermination
July 10: 111. Ballade of Inner Conflict	July 26: 127. Aiming for a Mild Atypia	August 10: 142. Zeitgeist	August 25: 157. Badger Day at Black Rock
July 11: 112. Upon Smooshing an Ant Walking Across the Kitchen Table During Breakfast	July 27: 128: Summery Judgment	August 11: 143. Year of the Rat	August 26: 158. Badger of Honor
July 12: 113. No Laughing Matter	July 28: 129. The Six-Month-iversary of My Drug Addiction	August 12: 144. Gross	August 27: 159. Coming to a Badger End
July 13: 114. Dart	July 29: 130. The March of Time	August 13: 145. Are These the Dog Days?	August 28: 160. Stinking Badgers
July 14: 115. My Right to a Speedy Trial	July 30: 131: Penultimatum	August 14: 146. The Summer Concert Series	August 29: 161. Not Badger, Not Badger at All
July 15: 116. Our Wild Kingdom	July 31: 132: Flipping the Page	August 15: 147. Our Friend, the Insect	August 30: 162. Taking Stock
July 16: 117. Under Mid-July Skies			August 31: 163. Rounding Corners

September 2020     [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

October 2020         [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

September 1: 164. Upward, Downward, All About	September 16: 179. From "Qi" to Shining "Qi"	October 1: 194. A Disadvantage to Invisibility	October 16: 209. Upon Utilizing an Official Ballot Collection Box
September 2: 165. My Narrow-Mindedness	September 17: 180. Great Caesar's Ghost	October 2: 195. When Push Comes to Shove	October 17: 210. Arse Poetica
September 3: 166. The Mice Capades	September 18: 181. Horrible Timing	October 3: 196. Progress Report	October 18: 211. On the Face of It
September 4: 167. 7 - 6 = 1	September 19: 182. Eye Rhyme	October 4: 197. Late Night Procedures	October 19: 212. Twenty-Five Thousand Words
September 5: 168. Twenty Thousand	September 20: 183: Giant Insects of Literature	October 5: 198. Not Quite a Reflection on Mortality	October 20: 213. Number, Please
September 6: 169. Heatwave Memories	September 21: 184. Interstitial	October 6: 199. Slippery	October 21: 214. Drowse, Drowse, Drowse
September 7: 170. And the Subsequent Wildfires	September 22: 185. Hex	October 7: 200. Bicentennial	October 22: 215. Always the Wimp
September 8: 171. Again?	September 23: 186. Getting Away From it All	October 8: 201. Recent Developments	October 23: 216. So Many Numbers!
September 9: 172. A Common Dilemma	September 24: 187. Yet Another New Leaf	October 9: 202. Two-Oh-Two	October 24: 217. Our Friend, the Fungus
September 10: 173. Arguing With Myself	September 25: 188. From Behind a Plexiglass Wall	October 10: 203. Not Ready for Prime Time	October 25: 218. Let's Talk About the Weather
September 11: 174. Abstracting	September 26: 189. Permafrost	October 11: 204. A Pony Poem	October 26: 219. Our Turn for the Apocalypse
September 12: 175. Breaking the Pattern	September 27: 190. Putting the "Tum" in "Autumn"	October 12: 205. The Sum of My Parts	October 27: 220. Mad Monster Party
September 13: 176. Chocolate Pumpkin Pie	September 28: 191. October on Thursday? Really?	October 13: 206. Squirrel Roller Skates	October 28: 221. 'Tis the Season
September 14: 177. Dandelion Fluff	September 29: 192. Marching On	October 14: 207. Rocktober	October 29: 222. Triple Double
September 15: 178. Evidentiary	September 30: 193: As Smooth as Air	October 15: 208. Fish Skeletons Strewn Across the Lawn	October 30: 223. Spooky, SoCal Style
			October 31: 224. Sitting This One Out

November 2020 [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

December 2020     [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

November 1: 225. Time Changing	November 16: 240. Publicity	December 1: 255. Skill and Daring	December 16: 270: Why I Don't Have Any Sort of a Pet
November 2: 226. Evening Prayer	November 17: 241. Warming Up	December 2: 256. Two to the Eighth	December 17: 271. Why I Don't Have a Girlfriend
November 3: 227. Intricate Systems	November 18: 242. All About Blood	December 3: 257. Hiber Nation	December 18: 272. Polka Through the Past
November 4: 228. Cha Cha Cha	November 19: 243. Tripping Over Milestones	December 4: 258. Woe, Alas, Et Cetera	December 19: 273. Heading Toward Seventy-Five Percent
November 5: 229. Buyer's Remorse	November 20: 244. So Suspenseful!	December 5: 259. With a Song in My Heart	December 20: 274. Home for the Holidays
November 6: 230. Fictive	November 21: 245. So Many Celebrations!	December 6: 260. Thirty-One Thousand	December 21: 275. The Greater Sunstop
November 7: 231. Looking Forward	November 22: 246. At the Actual Eight-Month Mark	December 7: 261. Penguins Are a Squirrel's Best Friend	December 22: 276. Bicyclops
November 8: 232. Close Up	November 23: 247. Thirteen Times Nineteen	December 8: 262. Spider Centaurs	December 23: 277. The Iguana Arts Ensemble
November 9: 233. Ranting Again	November 24: 248. The Meek Will Inherit	December 9: 263. To Lunch or Not to Lunch?	December 24: 278. Much Music &                 Not a Creature is Stirring
November 10: 234. Rock Talk	November 25: 249. Pie Day	December 10: 264. December in Southern California	December 25: 279. Another Friday Morning
November 11: 235. Autumn	November 26: 250. Blue Sky at Morning	December 11: 265. Whim	December 26: 280. Start the Countdown!
November 12: 236. Sunny and Cold	November 27: 251. Time	December 12: 266. Why I Forget My Dreams	December 27: 281. Up the Wrong Tree
November 13: 237. How About a Nightcap?	November 28: 252. Words and Deeds	December 13: 267. For My Next Trick	December 28: 282. My Current Symptoms
November 14: 238. And I'm Not Even Doing NaNoWriMo	November 29: 253. Dynamic Tension	December 14: 268. Thirty Years Almost	December 29: 283. Internal Communications
November 15: 239. Novelistic	November 30: 254. I Meant to Do That	December 15: 269. Why I Don't Have a Cat	December 30: 284. External Considerations
			December 31: 285. No "Spectives," Please

January 2021           [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

February 2021   [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

January 1: 286. Irresolutions	January 17: 302. Blow Away the Smoke	February 1: 317. Groundhogging's Eve	February 15: 331. Not Romantic Enough?
January 2: 287. The Day After	January 18: 303. Public Service	February 2: 318. The Wheel Turns	February 16: 332. Pandemic Jury Duty
January 3: 288. And the Day After That	January 19: 304. Back-ups	February 3: 319. Bicycling This Morning	February 17: 333. Enough with Romance
January 4: 289. The Trouble With Brisk Weather	January 20: 305. Conscious Stricken	February 4: 320. Oh, the Huge Manatees	February 18: 334. Interiors
January 5: 290. At Dinnertime	January 21: 306. Do Numbers Crunch?	February 5: 321. Ultrasonic Age	February 19: 335. A Miracle of Modern Science
January 6: 291. Eternal Childhood	January 22: 307. Back to Work	February 6: 322. Magic	February 20: 336. And on Top of That
January 7: 292. All the Ding-Dong Day	January 23: 308. Precipitation Trophy	February 7: 323. Science	February 21: 337. Into the Home Stretch
January 8: 293. The Wait of the World	January 24: 309. Unmoved	February 8: 324. Blame	February 22: 338. Unless I Keep On...
January 9: 294. A Bucket to the Face	January 25: 310. Into the Wind	February 9: 325. Happy Imminent Birthday	February 23: 339. Internal Polling
January 10: 295. Flame	January 26: 311. Step One	February 10: 326. A Trifle	February 24: 340. Motion to Repress
January 11: 296. Big Round Number Alert	January 27: 312. Marshmallow Meringue	February 11: 327. So Many Anniversaries	February 25: 341. Defining Our Terms
January 12: 297. A Puzzlement	January 28: 313. Living Dangerously	February 12: 328. A Second Big Romance Arc	February 26: 342. Pre-Opening Arguments
January 13: 298. Untethered	January 29: 314. Skating	February 13: 329. Affection's Object	February 27: 343. On the One Hand
January 14: 299. Jousting With Hummingbirds	January 30: 315. Upstate	February 14: 330. Feline Romance	February 28: 344. A Brief Interruption
January 15: 300. My Constant Equivocating	January 31: 316. The Wheel of Fortune
January 16: 301. The New

March 2021   [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

April 2021         [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

March 1: 345. The Prosecution Speaks...                 Unless He's the Defense	March 17: 361. Mistrial	April 1: 376. A Little Swim	April 16: 391. Side Effects
March 2: 346. Neither Defendant Nor Plaintiff	March 18: 362. Judgment Day, Part 1	April 2: 377. All Ashore	April 17: 392. Finishing Touches
March 3: 347. Circular Arguments	March 19: 363. Judgment Day, Part 2	April 3: 378. Recriminations	April 18: 393. Getting My Second Shot
March 4: 348. A Little Gamesmanship	March 20: 364. Judgment Day, Part 3	April 4: 379. Suppertime	April 19: 394. Stove in
March 5: 349. A Festive Atmosphere	March 21: 365. Which Doesn't End It	April 5: 380. Multiple Milestones	April 20: 395. Spackled
March 6: 350. Jurisdiction	March 22: 366. Welcoming My New Microbes	April 6: 381. The End of a Lovely Day	April 21: 396. A Dozen More Days
March 7: 351. The Defense...Or Whatever	March 23: 367. So Much Going On!	April 7: 382. A Teachable Moment	April 22: 397. Hearing From My Agents
March 8: 352. The Badger's Theory	March 24: 368. Stirring Up Dust	April 8: 383. Tidying Up	April 23: 398. Four Hundred's Coming
March 9: 353. Getting to the Meat	March 25: 369. Triple Triple	April 9: 384. I'm a Stranger Here Myself	April 24: 399. Neither Promise Nor Threat
March 10: 354. The First Witness	March 26: 370. Advancing Decrepitude	April 10: 385. Inventory	April 25: 400. Tilt-A-Whirl
March 11: 355. An Inside Scoop	March 27: 371. Looking Forward	April 11: 386. Counting Down	April 26: 401. Bipedal vs. Bicycle
March 12: 356. Ode to the Creatures Who                   Live in My Brain	March 28: 372. Renovations	April 12: 387. Meanwhile	April 27: 402. Doctor's Orders
March 13: 357. Cross Examination	March 29: 373. Wattle and Daub	April 13: 388. Mechanical Difficulties	April 28: 403. Incompetent, Irrelevent, and Immaterial
March 14: 358. Order in the Court!	March 30: 374. An Impartial Assessment	April 14: 389. Roll With It	April 29: 404. D-Day
March 15: 359. Take the Witness	March 31: 375. Walk and Talk	April 15: 390. If It's Not One Thing...	April 30: 405. Big Plans
March 16: 360. Court of Appeal

May 2021             [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

June 2021     [  1] [  2] [  3] [  4] [  5] [  6] [  7] [  8] [  9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

May 1: 406. Forty-Eight Thousand	May 12: 417. Feeding the Hand That Bites You	May 22: 427. Not the Holiday Weekend	June 1: 437. Taking Stock
May 2: 407. A Cautionary Tale	May 13: 418. Hecklers' Veto	May 23: 428. Jumping to Conclusions	June 2: 438. So...Many...Words
May 3: 408. Incrementation	May 14: 419. I'm a Terrible Person	May 24: 429. My Catch Phrase	June 3: 439. So Much to Do!
May 4: 409. A Clean-Up in All Departments	May 15: 420. Biting More Than May be Chewable	May 25: 430. Time for Tea	June 4: 440. "I Would Prefer Not To"
May 5: 410. Revisions	May 16: 421. At Ease	May 26: 431. On the Other Hand...	June 5: 441. Looking Forward
May 6: 411. Information	May 17: 422. Never Satisfied	May 27: 432. The Final Challenge	June 6: 442. Looking Sideways
May 7: 412. Whaddaya Talk?	May 18: 423. Gelotology	May 28: 433. One Simple Step	June 7: 443. Looking Back
May 8: 413. The Unobtrusive Polka	May 19: 424. Reaching Out	May 29: 434. The Bottom Line
May 9: 414. Character Development	May 20: 425. Stretching Exercises	May 30: 435. Single Digits Ahead
May 10: 415. Not From That Area Code, But--	May 21: 426. A Hike	May 31: 436. Continuous Transition
May 11: 416. Reason to Shrink Further