![]() I love the way people are taking my poem and doing all kinds of things with it." "I think in some ways the stillness and the shock of isolation is connecting people to that within themselves and others, again, in their co-creating," she said, adding, "And I love it. O'Meara said this moment of isolation from the normal rhythms of society might give us a chance to reflect on what really matters in the society we feel cut off from. "I thank everyone who has shared their art with me and others it is so wonderful that we can meet and co-create, and support, and heal each other all the way through this," O'Meara wrote on her blog. #inthetimeofpandemic #ylagentesequedoencasa #andthepeoplestayedhome #kittyomeara #stayhome #quarantineproject #robertoandres #mindfulness □□Ī post shared by Roberto Andrés □➰□ on at 8:07pm PDT You can get to know more of her work at: ✨ Much love :). So I share it with you, in the form of a song. This song is a Spanish musicalization of Kitty O’Meara’s poem “In The Time Of Pandemic” □ which has been going around social media this week, and became one of the few little things that warmed my heart and made me smile. It was translated into dozens of languages and even turned into song. While she may have shared it as just another social media post, the emotion she shared resonated through a prism of social media remixes, showing up in images on Instagram, in YouTube videos, reposted on Twitter and beyond. "That's when it was completely surreal," said O'Meara, speaking to Anne Strainchamps for "To The Best Of Our Knowledge." It wasn't long before Oprah Magazine was declaring O'Meara " the poet laureate of the pandemic." The poem, titled "In the Time of Pandemic," had struck a nerve. "You know, it was just a way of offering some comfort to my friends and myself."Ī friend asked O'Meara to share her words, and within a few days her husband stumbled across a video of Deepak Chopra reading her poem aloud. I don't know that I even considered it a poem," said O'Meara. Heck, poetry is even showing up on the sides of shipping containers. People are looking for a way to distill the current moment into something they can share and use to comfort one another.Īnd one of the most popular pandemic poems to date was authored by Kitty O'Meara, a retired teacher in Lake Mills. Inspiration seems to be striking everywhere.Ī Boston doctor, taking a walk to rest her mind between long shifts treating patients, composed a poem of her own.Ī Californian reflects on the spiritual impact of social distancing.Ī Minnesotan names the little things we'll come to savor once we can safely shake hands again. Published and critically acclaimed poets have rallied with words of resilience, and defiance, of reflection and renewal. Support our Children’s Emergency Fund help to address the immediate and long-term threats of COVID-19.Whether confined to their homes or trying to make it through another long day working to help those sick with COVID-19, people all over the world are turning to poetry in response to the pandemic. ![]() ![]() We’ve made huge progress in the last twenty years on children’s rights and COVID-19 risks reversing this progress.” Over 1.5 billion of the world’s children have been out of school for significant periods of time and millions are being driven into extreme poverty and face a very uncertain future. "This is not just a health crisis, but a threat to children’s rights. “It is so important we listen to children directly during these unprecedented times-we are not all affected equally, and children can be particularly vulnerable. “These powerful poems show the enormous impact coronavirus has had on children’s lives, as well as their strength, resilience, and hopes for the future,” said Yolande Wright, Save the Children’s Director of Inclusion. Never before have so many children been out of school at the same time. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, children’s lives and futures are on the lineĪs COVID-19 continues to have devastating consequences for children and their rights, 1.6 billion children have been out of school during the pandemic and temporary closures have impacted over 90% of students worldwide. ![]()
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