For the first time in 15 years, I wrote a poem.

Prior to the #COVID19 pandemic, I set out to enjoy life through random adventures that required leaving my apartment. Now these adventures have taken on a different ... virtual ... form. (1/n)

A friend introduced me to the spoken word poetry of @Koyczan. You may know him from the video below. When Shane offered a Zoom poetry workshop, I signed up. (2/n)

We went through the exercise of writing down a list of objects in our physical space, and we were asked to write a poem from the point of view of that object capturing its perception of us. (3/n)

“Mirror” by Sylvia Path is an example of such a poem. https://allpoetry.com/poem/8498499-Mirror-by-Sylvia-Plath (4/n)

The object I chose was my stethoscope.

All of us read out loud the first draft of our poems and received feedback from each other. Interacting with poets and creative thinkers was a welcome and refreshing experience for me. (5/n)

Here is my poem (version 2). (6/n)

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Recent months have brought trauma, heartache, and loss, but we will get through it. Don’t forget to take care of yourselves. (10/10)