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