Influenza

a poem inspired by emojis

Photo by Deepak Rautela on Unsplash

in flew Enza,
the cursed gift
of illness upon our home.

as we looked outward
at reckless partying

as we said goodbye
to our pre-pandemic dreams,
carrying shock.

Tagging Denise G| Tree Langdon | janny’s heart | Danielle Gibson | Zach Neuman | Campbell Christensen | Trista Signe Ainsworth | Anthi Psomiadou if you’re up to it and anyone else interested in today’s prompt: take the following set of emojis and write your own poem based on your interpretation!

Hi I’m Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) and poem is inspired by a common jump rope rhyme:

I had a little bird, its name was Enza. I opened the window, and in-flu-enza. (source)

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