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The other C word

Carol Covington 1956 (N.J.)

August 23 
Free verse
Contingent upon what
you choose to believe
Conspiracy or natural disease
Change is a verb set in motion
Communicable and Indisputable

Capsized in the chaos
Fear is the reckoning for those
who have never been afraid
For those who reside within the
fabric of fear
Cops and Robbers have always
been criminals

caring
compassion
culture
community
crisis
complicit
created
coerced
committed
causation
confined
communicate
Continue to
create yourself
Into someone you can be proud of

About this poem

Written during the early onset of the Covid experience, I wanted to write a poem that reflected my circumstances without using the only word people were saying.

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Written on December 10, 2020

Submitted by poetiklysence on August 24, 2023

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Scheme AXXBX XXXXXXX XBXXXACXCBXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 482
Words 81
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 15
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Carol Covington

Carol Covington is an Army veteran, mother, grandmother and recent college graduate. She earned her B.A. in 2020 from Metropolitan State University of Denver, an IDP titled degree "Healing Trauma through Creative Self-Expression. Currently a guest poet with Art from Ashes, Carol hopes to complete her first poetry collection this year. more…

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