Poetry for humanity

By Juan Antonio Almanado

Things are what they are and should not be expressed in any other way.
This book of poems expresses, praises and denounces in general, all those affected in some way, during this terrible pandemic which we have had to endure.
On the other hand, the author includes in this book two short stories, in different tones, referring, firstly, to the monotony of lockdown, and in the second one, to the difficulties of the love relationship, with a slight sense of eroticism between couples, of an almost withered marriage, stark in its reality, subtly linking both stories.
The author has tried to reflect his concerns, also his fears, trying to get under the skin and into minds of the victims during the covid-19.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Exlibric
• Release date: Nov 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9788418730375

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POETRY FOR HUMANITY.

CHRONICLES OF LIFE

IN LOCKDOWN

JUAN ANTONIO ALMANADO

POETRY FOR HUMANITY.

CHRONICLES OF LIFE

IN LOCKDOWN

EXLIBRIC

ANTEQUERA 2021

POETRY FOR HUMANITY.

CHRONICLES OF LIFE IN LOCKDOWN

© Juan Antonio Almanado

© de la imagen de cubiertas: Noelia Pérez Delgado

Diseño de portada: Dpto. de Diseño Gráfico Exlibric

Iª edición

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Índice

I. TO THOSE WHO LEFT US

II. TO HEALTH WORKERS

III. TO THE CARRIERS

IV. TO THE OTHER HEROES

V. TO THE SECURITY FORCES

VI. TO THOSE LIKE LUIS

VII. TO THE MOTHER IN LOCKDOWN

VIII. Freedom

IX. VIRUS

X. KIDS

XI. TO THE SELFEMPLOYED WORKERS

XII. HYMN TO FRIENDSHIP

XIII. TO OUR ELDERS

XIV. FEARFUL SEX

XV. TO THE POLITICAL CLASS

XVI. TO POVERTY

XVII

XVIII. SOLITUDE

XIX. LOVE IN THE DISTANCE

XX. FEAR

XXI. TO VOLUNTEERS

XXII. HUGS

XXIII. HOPE

XXIV. TO PETS ORPHANED BY THE VIRUS

NEW TIMES FOR ANOTHER CHANCE

JUAN ANTONIO ALMANADO

POETRY FOR HUMANITY.

CHRONICLES OF LIFE

IN LOCKDOWN

Sometimes I feel the fear

of forgetting the verses

stored among those hardened books

by the time and the publisher.

Acknowledgements

I cannot and must not forget to thank all the people who have helped with their advice and encouragement to achieve the completion of this work, in an important stage of my life, as it is my first publication. Special thanks to my sister-in-law Nazareth and my friend Pilar, a literature professor, both for their wise advice; to my son Adrian, who has always supported me and read my work; to my daughter-in-law Noelia, who designed the front and back covers; to my family and to all those friends who, through their reading, have encouraged