Slice of Life: “A World Trying to Deal”

Posted on April 6, 2021 by britt Posted in solTagged covid, ethical ela, poem, quarantine birthday

Over at Ethical ELA, we’ve been inspired to use photographs captured during the time of COVID and compose a free verse poem. It’s been a silly day, so I’m veering a bit from the pictures that were making me sad; instead, I’m celebrating some of the fun that was born from a pandemic! (Embarrassing picture included)

I selected words from the caption under a photograph in this CNN article to compose my poem.

happy birthday
from car in 2020

this moment: small
indication of what

world would learn

I’m participating in Two Writing Teachers’ Slice of Life weekly challenge.

5 thoughts on “Slice of Life: “A World Trying to Deal””

April 6, 2021 at 8:28 pm Reply
Lainie Levin says:

First of all, HOW. DID. I. NOT. KNOW. ABOUT. ETHICAL ELA? I’ve just put them into my Feedly blogroll. Thank you! I think stanza #2 is my favorite – there are so many directions its meaning can go…

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April 6, 2021 at 8:44 pm Reply
arjeha says:

Glad you veered away from sad and went with fun. I see nothing embarrassing about the picture.

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April 6, 2021 at 10:58 pm Reply
GirlGriot says:

This is great! Nothing embarrassing about that picture. All I see is love. 🙂

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April 7, 2021 at 5:19 am Reply
Juliette Awua-Kyerematen says:

This is a memorabilia that will share many stories in future. Thanks for choosing a happy image.

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April 7, 2021 at 8:38 pm Reply
Tim Gels says:

So much joy in that picture and your poem to go with it. It’s hard to find, sometimes, so I’m glad you shared what you have!

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