Lyman Grant recently published his poem This Easter in TEJASCOVIDO, an online literary journal. TEJASCOVIDO is inviting Texas writers and artists to respond to the effects of the COVID-19 virus pandemic. You can read more at https://www.tejascovido.com/.
why not try incense this morning
light the fireplace for an hour
just long enough to cut the chill
lime-green samaras of the silver maple
scatter the yard like little mittens
and the redbuds prickle the air
with violet pink and rose
they splatter the street descending
away down the hill behind the house
toward the park two blocks away
random disease hides us
from each other every home
its own quarantine an isolation ward
a light wind fluffs our peace flags
and I wait for someone to walk by
so I can go outside and wave hello
