WEN: B823BB
Exhibitor Name: Nancy Krakauer
Division: Poetry
Class: 01 Shelter in Plac
The air is much cleaner with fewer car fumes, Smoke stacks from closed factories have paused spewing plumes. Less traffic on freeways, less cruise ships on seas, The planet’s pollution is starting to ease. The beaches have less trash, the sky’s turning bluer, Our rivers and oceans are less of a sewer. We’ve been forced to slow down, examine our lives, Spend time with our children, our husbands and wives. We value our friends and reach out to them more, Including the neighbors who live right next door.
A world once divided has now become one, To conquer an enemy that affects everyone. No sex, no religion, nationality or race, Is immune from this virus invading our space. It took Mother Nature to force us to pause, And ponder the havoc our actions have caused.
Gave us time to acknowledge our precious world’s worth, And decide what to do to preserve planet earth. Perhaps this disease is her gift in disguise, To make humans more humane and prevent our demise.
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