In the years of the coronavirus pandemic from 2020 to 2022, the world conducted a great experiment. Whole cities, whole countries were locked down, and people were confined to home quarantine. With the best of intentions, public health officials imposed unprecedented social discipline on the world. The imaginative soul was secluded in this great trial. Many turned to poetry - both reading and writing in these strange times. In Cantos from a Cage, Jeff Rich presents the poetry he wrote to endure these years of lockdown. From the cages of our lives, we sing our greatest cantos.
