The Plague Diaries and the Annals of the New Utopia (IFT)

[BrianIsSmilingAtYou]

The Annals of the New Utopia
April 1 - The Secret Language (向日葵)
April 2 - The Remnants (a parable)
April 3 - What Would Andy Warhol Do? [Rattle ekphrastic challenge]
April 4 - Sean Francisco
April 5 - Need to Know
April 6 - To the Moon, Alice!
April 7 - (Gedanken / Undenkbar)
April 8 - The Beehive (haiku)
April 9 - Someday [from the Dark Days, before the New Utopia]
April 10 - To Paint a Blue Umbrella for John Prine (for Jess Nolan)
April 11 - Jesus visits the Cafe on Good Friday during the Pandemic
April 12 - This Side of the Rainbow (sorry Dorothy!)
April 13 - I Don't Want to Be an Angel
April 14 - The Fateful Mistake
April 15 - I Had a Thought (Looping American Sentence = American Flag)
April 16 - Limerick Mania
                    Chickarick
                    Vulturick
                    Pangolick
April 17 - Eye Deaf (Ear Blind)
April 18 - His Head Was a Planet
April 19 - Welcome to the New Utopia!
April 20 - I Want to Live (American Flag)
April 21 - Instructions for the New Utopia
April 22 - Xanadu
April 23 - Haiku (for Susan)
April 24 - Dreams
April 25 - They Know Too Well
April 26 - A Wandering (Wondering) Wordsmith
April 27 - On Ashen Winds
April 28 - Pastichio Pistachio
April 29 - The Change
April 30 - The Road Not Yet Taken

The Plague Diaries
April 1 - I. Naïve
April 2 - II. Lockdown
April 3 - III. Complications
April 4 - IV. Shelter-in-Place
April 5 - V. Relative Calm
April 6 - VI. My First Exercise Walk
April 7 - VII. Just an Ordinary Saturday
April 8 - VIII. The New American Gothic
April 9 - IX. Might as Well
April 10 - X. I Must Go On
April 11 - XI. Dear Paul, Let’s Sing Once More
April 12 - XII. A Claim (Waiting on the First Day of Spring, Reprise)
April 13 - XIII. To Fight the Wind
April 14 - XIV. Time for Wine
April 15 - XV. To Clear the Air
April 16 - XVI. Mea Culpa
April 17 - XVII. Piety
April 18 - XVIII. Silence
April 19 - XIX. (No) Words for an Unreal World
April 20 - XX. But the Dandelion
April 21 - XXI. Uncle Brian Airways
April 22 - XXII. Sevenling: He was young...
April 23 - XXIII. Triolet (Another Day of Pain)
April 24 - XXIV. A Little Verse
April 25 - XXV. Planning for the Funeral, Season 20, Episode 37
April 26 - XXVI. Small Talk
April 27 - XXVII. Speaking to Mother of Saint Luke
April 28 - XXVIII. Bluer Skies
April 29 - XXIX. A Poem in Black and White
April 30 - XXX. If I Were to Prophesy
May 2 - Epilogue: The Man That I Was / The Man That I Am / The Man That I Will Become
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BrianIs AtYou

[DeniseD]

I'll be cheering you on. I'm not participating this year, working on a novel and it's too hard to switch gears.

[Dunc]

One a day, now Brian ─ have mercy on the fluffers!

And a very fine April in verse it is I wish y'.

Regards / Dunc

[Sorella]

Brian,
Plague balanced with Utopia should be good!

Sorella

[new leaf]

Welcome to the limbo of common suffering.

[BrianIsSmilingAtYou]

Brian,
Plague balanced with Utopia should be good!

Sorella

I've been posting The Plague Diaries daily on Facebook.

I still have no idea what the "Annals of the New Utopia" will be. I will be discovering it along with everyone else, but I thought it was necessary.

BrianIs AtYou

[Scrow]

This March I was due to speak at an event called 'Dystopian Realities and Utopian Thought: Alternative Futures for Academic Practice' (I get into these things because I'm an outlier - but not so much of an outlier that I rock the boat - rather than because I'm an academic).

I am much happier reading your Hokusai book and it/this is far more meaningful. I am also SO glad that there's a mention of Utopia in there. If poet's can't imagine it, who can. I look forward to reading you this month.

Sarah

[5th column]

Looking forward to joining in the scrum together this year Brian. Go well.

[Barbara Jean]

Good to see your smiling face!

[cookala]

looking forward to reading you

[Jee Leong]

Brian, the times call for description and prescription. Go forth!

[BrianIsSmilingAtYou]

looking forward to reading you

This made me think of supergroup
Golden Smog, singing "Looking Forward to Seeing You"

https://youtu.be/yDmRrCxbRO4

Thanks, everyone.

BrianIsLookingForwardToSeeingYou

[PClem]

I am so excited to be here with you and all the illustrious company. April is the bestest month!

[lauriene]

On your marks, get set....

Yo! Never has there been a better excuse to stay home. Have a great April, Brian!

[Acolyte]

Happy plaguing! I mean diaristing! I mean...