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Pandemic Journal: War is Over (If You Want It)

By Richard Maxson 3 Comments

Pandemic Journal - photo of Mt. Kinabalu above misty clouds

As we enter the new year, Every Day Poems editor Richard Maxson considers how we have persisted in a difficult year, and how we continue, if we want it.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

By Heart: ‘Everything Is Going To Be All Right’ + New W.H. Auden Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Death Valley with sunrise

A pandemic is a perfect time to learn a poem By Heart, especially Derek Mahon’s “Everything Is Going To Be All Right.”

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on the Expansive Space of Home

By Michelle Rinaldi Ortega 14 Comments

purple flower bud for pandemic journal

In the latest Pandemic Journal entry, writer Michelle Ortega reflects on the ways that being ordered to stay home opened up more space for reflection, creativity and new ideas.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on the Silver Skunk and the Mysterious Poet

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A tale of a silver skunk, quiet talk of an unknown sonneteer, and friends at a distance together at York’s. Share in this surreal pandemic journal entry, with Callie Feyen.

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Pencil Balancing

By Laura Lynn Brown 6 Comments

Pandemic Journal Balancing Droplet

It’s the simple things that can show us the way. Join Laura Lynn Brown, and experience the Pentel GraphGear 500 drafting pencil’s power in the midst of the pandemic.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Açaí Bowls as Ritual

By Will Willingham 6 Comments

Pandemic Journal ritual

As the social distancing and sheltering at home continue amidst a renewed surge in coronavirus cases, ritual (and açaí) can be a fruitful way to mark and honor the time.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Slacklining and Breathing

By Mahalia Cruz 4 Comments

Pandemic Journal dewy pine with spider web

Mahalia Cruz reflects on the ways the pandemic—and slacklining—brought important discoveries to the surface.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Where We Go from Here

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

When the pandemic ends, where do we go next? How do we love life? Katherine Anne Porter and Mahmoud Darwish show the way.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, Mahmoud Darwish, Pandemic Journal, Poetry Dare, Short Story

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Caring from a Distance

By Sandra Heska King 21 Comments

Pandemic Journal red buds

One of the great challenges of the pandemic is connecting with loved ones, especially our elders. Sandra Heska King reflects on caring for her father from 1500 miles away.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Peaceful Writing on the Porch

By Bethany Rohde 10 Comments

Pandemic Journal writing on porch

The contraction of the world we interact with during the pandemic has led Bethany Rohde back to her porch, with her journal, to experience the enchantment of sightings in the back yard.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Cut Fruit

By Dheepa Maturi 16 Comments

Pandemic Journal watermelon

With adult children back at home during the pandemic, it can feel like a return to the way things were. And then again not really. Dheepa Maturi has a beautiful Pandemic Journal entry.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Home Education in a Time of Superlatives

By Rebecca D. Martin 6 Comments

Pandemic Journal storm on sierras

Rebecca D. Martin reflects on educating children at home during the pandemic and finding joy with the weatherman in a time filled with strong words and superlatives.

Filed Under: Blog, Essays, Home Education, Pandemic Journal, Writing Tips

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Cutting Your Son’s Hair (and the Lilac Bush)

By Laura Boggess 10 Comments

Lilacs Pandemic Journal

In a new Pandemic Journal entry, Laura Boggess reflects on the cutting back of things literal and figurative in a time of social distance and isolating.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on How We Read Poetry

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

Author Megan Willome reads poetry during the pandemic and finds new focus by absorbing the loveliness of unexpected words.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, A Ritual to Read to Each Other, Pandemic Journal, Poems, poetry, Wallace Stevens

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on the Light Outside My Window

By Laura Boggess 12 Comments

tiny violets in light

Light outside the window after days of chilling rain offers new hope in the buds, in the eggs, in the peonies, even in the pandemic.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Rejoicing at the Grocery Store

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Pandemic Journal: With the coronavirus, few things have changed like shopping for groceries. We may have become 21st century versions of hunter-gatherers.

Filed Under: article, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on How We Learn

By Richard Maxson 3 Comments

Pandemic journal sunset over industrial zone

Richard Maxson reflects on the miracles of our pandemic days, the occurrences that don’t just happen but are a result of hope, faith and effort.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Watching the Sunset

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Sunset fountain pandemic journal

Sunsets, a lake, a ukulele, and a lot of walks mark the days of shelter-at-home in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex for our editor Will Willingham.

Filed Under: Blog, Pandemic Journal

Pandemic Journal: An Entry on Saving the World

By Callie Feyen 3 Comments

Passage Trilogy Storm at Sea

In times of crisis, there’s a kind of heroism in telling the story, and preserving our humanity.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, Pandemic Journal

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