Poems written during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand and based on the Albert Camus novel Le Peste. Intended as a reflection on and homage to an earlier time when life was more fragile and existential.
Brian Flaherty is a poet librarian. He is co-founder of the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre with Michele Leggott, and was co-editor of the poetry journal Trout. Poems have appeared in Turbine, Best NZ Poems, Blackmail Press, Ika, Ka Mate Ka Ora, and Trout. Recordings of some of his poetry are online at Six Pack Sound.
