Pandemic Poems - APRIL 2020
Bio Note: I am a poet, writer, and a junior high school teacher in a public school. I live in the
Philippines with my wife, Rowena, who is also a teacher, and our two daughters, Felicity and Asiel Sophie. I
am the author of the chapbooks where it was (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, New York) and Losing a
Balloon (Alien Buddha Press). My fiction and poetry have been published in journals, magazines (print and
online), and anthologies. Some of my poetry has won international recognition.
Pandemic
a tanka sonnet
sparrows
sunning in the yard
home quarantine
self-isolation
the house lizard
perfectly still
lockdown
a flock of birds
flying west
the urge
to travel
contact tracing
the ripples
of a pebble
©2020 Billy Antonio
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