Saturday, August 1, 2020

Sh*tty! Sh*tty! Bang! Bang!


August 2020 Blog

I thought this would be over by now, but it seems, it’s barely started.

Teetering: A Haiku
Difficult it is
To remain sane as the world
Around you crumbles.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky

Any little nudge and it’s over the edge. We have been buffeted about on several fronts, not the least of which is the ongoing and still escalating Covid-19 crisis.
It’s a difficult thing to realize that as a nation we cannot master the self-control necessary to bring this catastrophe under control. And that goes from the top down. Our cardboard captain is awash in a contaminated sea in a rudderless boat with ever-enlarging holes in it. Or so it seems.
I couldn’t even make a believable horror story out of that scenario.
Unfortunately, the things we are ignoring while dealing (or not dealing) with this pandemic are not going away. When all is said and done, they will rear up and kick us in the head.
First and foremost of these “things” is the “Climate Change” crisis. It’s on the back burner, just waiting to flare up and consume the Earth.
Okay, maybe that’s a little over the top, but give me a break. I am a poet. I can always claim “poetic license”.
My Haiku Chapbook, “Global Warning” will be published shortly. It will debut to little fanfare and probably little impact, but I am bound and determined that it be published.
I have little to say this month, except to hope all my friends and fellow authors are well and safe and will continue to be so.
After posting this, I’ll get back to that drawing board and finish formatting “Global Warning”. Who knows, maybe I’ll even find the inspiration to work on my “Acqueria” prequel or “Sam Rock” sequel. I have to do something to take my mind off of what’s going on in the world.
Maybe publishing my self-reflective magnum opus Haiku chapbook will lift my spirits, even if I don’t get it out by August 22nd, the 100th anniversary of my mentor Ray Bradbury’s birth. But I will get it done. I do still have some pride.
In the meanwhile, my husband and I will try to keep a low profile, stay home as much as possible, and wear a mask and gloves when we do go out.
Hopefully, we will see a slowdown in the virus that plagues us. Maybe we will even see a vaccine sometime soon. We can only hope, and hope is one of the few things we have left – that and maybe a prayer or two.
Until next time, read and write to your heart’s content. My eclectic collection of reading matter may take your mind off of things. Enjoy.


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Hopefully, next month will find us all on the mend and on the upside of this thing, and I promise I will check for comments before next month. :)