These lines are to commemorate my spectacular failure to win the North Street Book Prize with my 2024 collection “After Spruce: Poems in the Manner of Tom Jenks’ ‘Spruce’ During the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic”.

Originally published: Poetry and Covid December 2020

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L.A. threatens to cut utilities for nonessential businesses

...Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday advised the Department of Water and Power to shut off utilities to nonessential businesses violating the city’s order to close, he said at an evening news conference....

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/coronavirus-cases-soar-to-more-than-8-700-in-california-as-death-toll-nears-200

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https://www.patrikai.com/due-to-21-days-lock-down-corona-wont-detroy-but-people-die-of-poverty-the-print/

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