Tom Retchford, poet-in-residence at Falmouth Art Gallery, has been writing a collection of poems since mid-March that relate to the current events that we are experiencing because of coronavirus.
It is called Coronology, a play on words of 'chronology', as the poems are in order of the events that have been happening.
Tom explains: "This collection I have written is a way of helping people understand the impact that this disease has had on all of us.
"Because there is no doubt whatsoever this virus has affected every single person in the United Kingdom, amongst so many others around the globe.
"This is not centred to one person such as the reader, but to everyone and everything that is going on. I write for the art gallery and write poems every day about so much stuff.
"My dream is to be a published poet and to get this collection made into a book for people to keep and look back on, allowing them to remember, when we are all through this.
"What it was like not just for them, but for all of us.
"I hope you enjoy them and please leave any comments on the website.
"I hope that all of you continue to stay safe and well, with best wishes."
The latest poem in the series, entitled Cabin Fever (and written before restrictions were eased), is below.
Lock down and everyone has to stay inside
But how many will ensure these rules abide
Nowhere to escape to or hide
Those in a high rise flat
No balcony, not even that
In spaces not big enough to swing a cat
Unable to escape the other members of the household
The environment becomes claustrophobic and cold
Or someone who's alone and old
Self-isolated
Belated
With no one related
Tempers flare, angry and repellent
In a prison, for no reason all hell bent
Thinking of ways the day could be spent
Bored to tears
Fed up with fears
Arguments trying to steer
Out on the streets it's quiet
Whilst in the homes, it's a riot
Everyone has got to defy it
All up in the air
Too much upheaval and despair
They want to get out of there
Stuck inside, day in and day out with no outlet
To say many people will lose their sanity is a safe bet
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