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A Pandemic Poem on Rattle.com

by rosemerryt@gmail.com March 15, 2020
March 15, 2020

https://www.rattle.com/the-afternoon-the-world-health-organization-declared-the-pandemic-by-rosemerry-wahtola-trommer/

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All of us had a moment when the pandemic became real. Mine is related to watching avalanches. I wrote about it in this poem, The Afternoon the World Health Organization Declared the Pandemic, chosen for Rattle.com’s Poets Respond.

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