Students studying Phonetics and Phonology have entered a poetry competition focusing on life during a pandemic.
A message to 2020 by Emily Copeland
2020 what a mess you are
You seemed so perfect but that idea is far from far
We counted down the minutes till you arrived
Yet all we were faced with was the need to survive
2020 if only we knew what you had planned to do
Maybe things would change but that’s only down to you
Holidays, travel, pubs and bars
Seems only like a distant dream of ours
However 2020 you gave us something we never would expect
The idea of living without hugs does seem to wreck
Perhaps we will now appreciate what we had
For once its all gone it does feel so sad
2020 please leave us with at least a flicker of light
For one day we will live in hope that this was all just a fright
Summary of my life in 2020 by Olivia Goodwin
My favorite thing to do is sleep
I watch my lectures until I weep
I ate stale bread I found in the cupboard
I ate it plain not even buttered
I know I’m gross you don’t have to lie
I don’t mean to dissatisfy
I crawl back into bed, amen
When I wake up I do it all over again
i miss spoons by Hannah Etheridge
no matter the time, no matter the day
i trudge down t’spoons to chug me troubles away
could go in a group, could go on me own
the ugly brown chair’s like a golden throne
each pitcher’s a joy, can’t even concede it,
move that extra glass love, i don’t even need it
with two for twelve pounds and breakfast all day,
not even ol’ Boris can keep me away
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