In this week’s blog, Technology Manager Jen Miller shares a poem inspired by the challenges we have faced during the pandemic. On the left, we have the perspective of the librarian. On the right, we have the perspective of the patron. In the middle are the shared words of the two voices.
We hope you enjoy this creative and unique poem from our very talented Jen Miller.
Waiting: A Poem in Two Voices
| We must space out the | Computers | Are too few. Much too few. |
| There is an hour time | Limit | My browsing? My searches? My notes? |
| Clean between each and every | Person - | Ally, My time it too valuable for this wait. |
| To keep you safe computers must | Restart | Normalcy. This is too much. |
| To never again close our | Doors | Are open, at least |
| And stay open for | You | Do care. |
| We hear you and we will | Try | To understand; I need the library |
| To make the best of | This situation | Could be worse. |
| We are | Listening | To me is appreciated |
| We will get through this together. |
– Jen Miller, Technology Manager