World Poetry Day Challenge: finding inspiration in isolation.
Three wonderful women from across our agencies wrote poems during the Coronavirus pandemic of 2020: Fran Griffin, Charlotte Robins and Olivia Furniss-Roe
Originally published in Campaign Live, 21st March 2020.
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When sat at home on my own
Feeling ever more slightly alone
Trying to ignore constant pings from my phone
I loosen up and let me head roam
I look for adventure in the mundane
Till the bathroom tap drip becomes rain
On the leaves of my little pot plant
Grown into a forest of enchant
With branches reaching up to my light
Which transforms into sunshine so bright
And despite the cold March sleet
I feel warmth in this tropical heat
My eyes turn to the curve of my dull wood floor
Which glitters like a far-away golden sea shore
The grey London pigeons on my grey garden wall
Now make a sound like a seagull’s call
Whilst the coming and going of cars
Is nothing but the foam of waves as they pass
I scrunch up my eyes just to take it all in
As the mixture of sounds in my head start to ring
The walls of this paradise take over my body
As I realise I might have overdone it on the coffee
Olivia Furniss-Roe, Media Planner and Buyer, Mediahub
Five days at home, who knows how many more
Virtual meetings taking over the world; I wore
PJs for the first one, not realising the fucking video was on
Now it's normal. The settling in bit is gone
and there's something productive about the silence
Something motivational in London's defiance
I almost want to hear voices, laughter – just not a cough
Ironic that I usually want everyone to fuck off
Fran Griffin, Senior Strategist, MullenLowe Open
Take up arms and a weapon of choice
Your mind starts searching for its newfound voice
Time is rarely the enemy of the self-doubting soul’s greatness
Grasp it. Build our world something new; something courageous
Devour encyclopaedias of the digital spheres
Immerse yourself in what you know already calms mankind’s fears
Join up the dots between the pages of time and space
Link it all together to capture answers we have always chased
The time is now: find yourself and your humanitarian call
Alone we are together, and together overcomes it all.
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