June 2020 / Poetry

COVID-19 Couplets

On daily walks, we cut the neighbours swaths / Of space

- by Jason GurielPublished 10:56, May. 23, 2020This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Image of the poet, Jason Guriel, a man with dark hair and glasses staring into the camera and smiling slightly. The photo is black and white; the background behind him is blue.
The Walrus

On daily walks, we cut the neighbours swaths
Of space. Instead of paper towel, cloths.

To touch a soul with talk—that’s now the task.
The face approaching us is mostly mask.

Jason Guriel
Jason Guriel is the author of The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles, On Browsing, Forgotten Work, and other books.

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