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• Columbia Star News Article Recaps Pongo's 25th Anniversary
• VivaCity Interviews Pongo Leadership
• Seattle Times' Article Celebrating 25 Years of Pongo
• Seattle Arts & Lectures '20-'21 Poetry Series
• KVRU's Rebroadcast of 2018 Pongo Interview
• OMG Richard Is Retiring
• Comfort in the Time of COVID-19
  • The Chaos this Moment is…
  • Quarantine's House
  • Haiku Virus
  • Our Lives Suspended Until Further Notice
  • The World In Lockdown
  • Crow Funeral
  • Too Many Deaths
  • B.O.R.E.D.O.M.
  • Sort of Feeling Stuck
  • Going Solo
  • Our Resilience
  • See Something, Say Something
• County Proclaims Pongo Teen Writing Day
• Legacy of Thomas Wales
• Pongo at Schoolhouse Washington - Fellowships to Help Students
• Detention Honors Pongo's 20 Years of Service
• Pongo Serves Syrian Refugees
• Angel Named Poet Laureate!
• Macklemore Visits Juvie
• Pongo Receives Grant for National Outreach
• Pongo on PBS with U.S. Poet Laureate!
• Local TV Story Wins Emmy!
• Seattle Mayor's Arts Award
• Richard is Microsoft Integral Fellow
• Eli is Honored!
• Other Articles and Broadcasts

Haiku Virus

by Brenda Neth

 Covid 19 lives
While I watch from the sidelines
Praying for Safety

I don't know you yet
But the media shows you
One Humanity

Mask and glove, blue, white
Guardian angel do you
Keep me breathing without hope?

One World is dying
into one of compassion
and readiness for true love.

Nothingness grows from
emptiness in the city
Something is growing
alone and in the ground. Spring

Computer shining
educational video
Teacher, I miss you

Grandma and Grandpa
long for the touch of grandchild
other side of the fence post
Who is the carrier?

Where are you going?
Young couple alone at home alone
Stay six feet away


Single homeowner
Dogs and cats and bird live
Sharing the safety

Homeless city space
Shelter with Showers and food
Are you lonely too?