Pandora’s Pandemic

When Covid-19 swept across the world, it took everyone by surprise. Debilitating illness,

unprecedented lockdowns and tragic deaths soon followed. Then the questions arose - how

long would the devastation last and would anyone survive? Alwyn Marriage contracted Covid-19

early in the pandemic and that is where this moving collection starts. In poems written in real

time, Alwyn tracks the course of her own illness and recovery, the death of her brother and the

gradual dawning of new hope. Above all, she asks what we have learnt from this pandemic, and

whether the world will ever be the same again. This is poetry that grips you, may make you cry,

but will also warm your heart.