Perhaps You Think that, Yes, You Are an Island

May 17, 2021

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is health.

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A philosophical poem about the ethical implications of a pandemic:

Perhaps you think that, yes, you are an island,
As are your family, tribe, religion, nation.
No doubt you've rarely thought a child in Greenland
Deserved equivalent consideration.
Everyone, of course, can host a virus,
Maybe be the site of a mutation,
Illustrating well that all are us,
Cause for casuistic contemplation.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/perh11.html. For more poems about health, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/healthpoems.html.

This week’s theme: Health.
May 17: Perhaps You Think that, Yes, You Are an Island

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