What do poets have to say about isolation and quarantine?
Analysis: while pandemic-era poetry uncovers the vulnerabilities of humanity, it also reminds us that disasters do end Indian poet and essayist Arvind Krishna Mehrotra describes his experience of living in the pandemic era as follows. "My sense of mortality is keener than ever. In my garden, I look at an unfamiliar sapling and wonder if I would ever find out its name." Mehrotra's keen sense of mortality and heightened attention to his surroundings also acts as the driving force behind for how many poets are addressing these times. Recent writing from Irish poets has especially focused on t...
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