I read The Columbus Dispatch every Sunday, and I appreciate its objective reporting and coverage of local and state issues as well as national news. Using some headlines from the past couple of weeks, this poem is crafted to give you a glimpse of life. A similar post, New Flash, was posted about a year ago.

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Learning to survive, food cart vendor relocates to new place
Sights, sounds, smell–remaining the same at his new space
Playing accordion from his apartment’s stoop
Neighbors appreciate, spirits no longer droop
Growing a family’s vegetable garden this spring
Fresh air, saving money with a harvest to bring
Parking silent airplanes at far too many airports
Not so friendly skies viewed in shocking reports
Scheduling virtual medical appointments for next week
Telemedicine brings seismic shift with new techniques
Facing uncertain fall semester, colleges standing by
Hiring freezes and furloughs deliver agony and cries
Adopting distance learning challenges America’s schools
Some students missing special help and technology tools
Switching over to virtual college visits this summer
Zoom becomes social distancing’s new drummer
Appreciating entertainment from comedy superstars
Virtual comedy shows now sharing laughs from afar
Missing daily routines, spring sports coaches feel sidelined
Life without athletics, coaches alone and missing the grind

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wonderful job capturing the state of our union!
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I look forward to more in this series. I will be teaching, online, this summer, for about a month. Other than that, not much else going on.
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Excellent compilation.
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Good.
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Very excellent. Lovely snapshot of the new landscape.
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Excellent!!
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This really spoke to me today- thank you
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I’m fascinated by how much technology plays into our ability to navigate this pandemic. Good word. Thanks for sharing.
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Looks like my post inspired a post. It really is good to hear that there are still some honest news outlets out there. 🙂
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So many changes we have ahead of us due to this virus Richard!!
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