Category Archives: COVID-19

Passacaglia

Peter Campbell-Kelly, a violinist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham, England, recently shared this beautiful film with me: The piece is a passacaglia by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and is performed by Campbell-Kelly himself. His message to … Continue reading

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DCTrending Covers COVID-19 Project

DCTrending is featuring poets and artists from last year’s COVID-19 project which ran on this web site and which featured so many wonderful artists and poets. To read more from them, please visits this link. Thank you to all the … Continue reading

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COVID-19 Project

We have come to the end of our COVID-19 Project. 66 days of art and poetry, all inspired by a dreadful disease which has no end in sight and all in an effort to raise money for those whose lives … Continue reading

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Pandora’s Box – Alessandra Rici

Copyright 2020 Alessandra Ricci Artist’s Statement Pandora’s Box, the mythological and vindictive gift from Zeus that Pandora opened out of curiosity. From the box broke out all evils known to humanity, including sickness, toil, rage, and suffering. Pandora managed to … Continue reading

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Hope – Bettina Brunner

Bio: Bettina Brunner is an abstract artist from Reston, Virginia who explores the ambivalence of our times in her work. Her day job is in international health, where part of her work is to increase the role of private health … Continue reading

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Then and Now – Anne Metcalf

  Before, when things were bad She would drink some wine And text some random man Wake up with a clear mind And go on, everyone be damned   Still, the lawns are verdant, the sunsets apricot Still, the unknown … Continue reading

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Nursing in Corona – Lydia Lawrence

  How long til I feel the ground Safely beneath my feet? How long must I tread water, Stuck out here in the deep?   Can I escape the current And surf the swells to shore? Or will the waves … Continue reading

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VIRUS MORNING – Vern Fein

  When the sunlight becomes my alarm clock, which I have not used for years after it replaced our dead dog and cat who had turned me into the punctual person I am seen to be, after a very short … Continue reading

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Then and Now – Mary Leonard

To preserve formatting, this poem has been saved as a PDF. Please click on the link below to access it. Then and Now Bio: Mare Leonard lives and works in the Hudson Valley where she is an Associate of the … Continue reading

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Accotink Creek Danbury Forest – Norma Lasher

Oil on Canvas 24×20 Bio: Norma Lasher is an artist from Sterling, VA.  Her painting career began in 1960 in oils. She is currently a resident in charge of hanging paintings in Falcons Landing, a Retirement Community in Sterling.  This … Continue reading

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