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The World is Closed - A topical poem - update and edit!

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Update 14th January 2021!

Imagine how exciting to have just discovered that the author of this fantastic topical poet is actually one of our community members. When I first read it, it had no attribution but I have just amended that so that credit is given where credit is so well deserved. (I've just given attribution with this member's screen name for online safety purposes, but I'm sure he is destined to become very well known and that you'll join me in thanking him for a great contribution to the whole history of this devastating pandemic I feel sure that he and his poem are going to become known as a valuable contribution to the history books which deal with all things covid19. Thank you, 'thebrummypoet' and I'm very happy to find you here among us!😊 👍 🌈

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Just sharing a poem my sister posted on her Facebook page yesterday, It seems to have been written in response to our current situation

The World is Closed

They said the world was closed today so I went to have a look,

I found it with the shutters down and the phone was off the hook.

So I stood there for a little while, but no one was around,

Then silence came and startled me with the most alarming sound.

I asked him where the others were, and why the streets were bare,

He whispered ‘Life had run away while death was playing there’

‘Oh no’ I said ‘It can’t be true for life is not afraid’

‘But no one ever goes’ he said ‘Where death has ever played.’

I understood and walked away as Hope was standing there

With Courage in her afterglow and the sunlight in her hair.

She said ‘Go home to those you love this is no place to be,

For if we walk these streets today then no one shall be free’.

She threw her light to lead the way and showed me where to go,

The very road that life had gone where the future flowers grow.

Then death showed me another way but I didn’t want to look,

So I stumbled home in time for tea and I read another book.

It was called The World is Closed Today and the streets we shouldn’t roam,

The first line said ‘Just please be safe’

And the ending - ‘Stay at Home’

~ Author 'thebrummiepoet'! -

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RoadRunner44

It's one to pull on the heart strings. But so true with a sound message right through,

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CraftypersonReading Rabbits

That's lovely and haunting at the same time. TFS

That is very poignant Hidden . Strange to think but this really is happening and when you read that it makes you realise that this is all real. It's not that I or others thought it wasn't real, this just puts it into perspective.

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I think we have to pinch ourselves at times don't we? It still sometimes feels so surreal.

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Yes we certainly do, it's like we are playing out some kind of scenario.

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klr31

Lovely. X

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Sara_2611

pulls my heart strings

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May38

So true but lovely xx

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thebrummypoet

Hi I am the author of this poem and I am so very honoured how far this has traveled and how many people it has touched thank you

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Activity2004 in reply to thebrummypoet

This is a fantastic poem. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.😀👍🌈📚

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thebrummypoet

Hi I am the proud another of ‘The World is Closed’ would you kindly add my name to the post and thank you once again for sharing my work X

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Oh delighted to meet you thebrummypoet. How would you like it to be done? With your real name (in which case please will you PM me and let me know what it is). Or I can attribute it as thebrummypoet. Would you like us to mention that you are here as a member of the community? I bet our other members would love to know that. Best wishes!

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thebrummypoet

Hi my poem ‘The World is Closed’ is now available as an A4 Card print signed and dated as keepsake for these ever changing times 😁 petespoetry.co.uk/shop and facebook.com/thebrummybard/ ❤️ stay safe and keep well

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