As we are all dealing with COVID-19 in some way, I wanted to share a topical poem with you.
Anne Harding Woodworth is an accomplished poet who I met through the Smith College Alumnae Chorus. We have sung together for several concerts, including three performances of Mozart Requiem on tour in Sicily. This poem brilliantly references the Requiem in the context of an audience-less performance held recently due to COVID-19 caution.
The site where it appears is New Verse News, which publishes poems on current topics of interest. I appreciate that they make it possible for poets to publish work about recent or ongoing situations without having to wait months for journal publications.
You can find “Mozart Requiem Streamed in a Time of COVID-19” here: https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2020/03/mozart-requiem-streamed-in-time-of.html
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Hey, Joanne–Thank you so much for passing the New Verse News along to your list. Stay well. Keep in touch.
Anne Harding Woodworth
author of a sixth book of poetry The Eyes Have It (Turning Point Books)available at amazon and Politics&Prose
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Anne, I’m always happy to help more people see your amazing work! Best wishes as we all navigate pandemic-world.
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Thank you for this poem (and now I know what confutatis means 🙂 )
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The Mozart Requiem has a particularly striking setting of this word.
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