Haiku written by WKU English professor Tom Hunley during Covid-19 pandemic

Hunley, Tom C.

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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Faculty/Staff Personal Papers WKU Archives Records Spring 2020 UA37/2 Lockdown Haiku Tom C. Hunley Western Kentucky University, tom.hunley@wku.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/fac_staff_papers  Part of the Poetry Commons, Public Health Commons, and the Virus Diseases Commons Recommended Citation Hunley, Tom C., "UA37/2 Lockdown Haiku" (2020). Faculty/Staff Personal Papers. Paper 97. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/fac_staff_papers/97 This Poem is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty/Staff Personal Papers by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact topscholar@wku.edu. Lockdown Haiku     (For James Crews) moon self-distances from Earth – is it the virus or a lovers’ spat?     (for Diane Seuss) mail bleached, funerals live streamed, on tv reruns people still touching  (for Brad Murff) no one outside but beautiful women jogging and walking their dogs  (For Jeff Hardin) the sun may not rise the world may end, but somehow you’ll still write today  (for Tania Runyan) movie theater popcorn delivered, ten bucks— darkness in the house  (for Maggie Smith) real estate agent unlicensed now, house on fire-- but dig those good bones!     (For Joseph Massey) mute the news, hear rain melt last night’s snow -- new grass will grow. 

UA37/2 Lockdown Haiku

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UA37/2 Lockdown Haiku

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