The Poetics of a Plague, the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown

A Haiku Diary

The Poetics of a Plague, the 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown
Sandy Jeffs
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Paperback
h235 x 184mm - 320pg
9 Nov 2021
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9781925950366
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What was it like to live in Melbourne during the 2020 2. 0 lockdown? Capturing the day-to-day struggles of lockdown, the daily news, Dan Andrews' 11am morning press conferences, the tensions between Victorians and the rest of Australia, Trump' s chaotic America, the conspiracy theories that circulated and battling her own mental health, Sandy Jeffs takes us through the whirlwind of events in imaginative haiku poems. These became her sanity while the world spiralled into madness. First wave fear is back. Before an end was in sight now there is no end. trying to make sense of an unravelling world that is downright mad. This is not only a book about the pandemic but also about political wins and political failures. From Dan Andrews to Donald Trump. Each day brings news that creates despair or joy: the pandemic numbers and the voting numbers side by side. And as the world is in the grip of COVID madness, sanity is found in poetry.
Sandy Jeffs OAM is a prize-winning poet and the author of 8 collections including the bestselling collection, Poems from the Madhouse, Blood Relations The Wings of Angels: A Memoir of Madness and The Mad Poet' s Tea Party. Her non-fiction includes prize-winning books the memoir, Flying with Paper Wings and Out of the Madhouse (with Margaret Leggatt).
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ISBN-13: 9781925950366
Published: 9 Nov 2021
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Imprint: Spinifex Press
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 235mm
Width: 184mm
Pages: 320

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