Quiet Period Haikus

Virtual Activity

Express your thoughts on the fall semester, Quiet Period or anything else related to living with COVID-19, in the form of a haiku.

Challenge Results

Mid-afternoon nap
Half watching television
Entering month six

—Anson Berns

Phone, keys, wallet... MASK!
"New normal" is not so new,
but I still forget.

— Nicole Moody

classrooms are quiet
but in deo speramus
minds with hope ablaze

— Jordan Ecker

The world is quiet
And we are away from friends
But hope still shines bright

—Brynn Chernosky

I WILL exercise
right after this video.
... One more couldn't hurt.

—Johnny Chen

If a tree falls down
In a muted Zoom meeting
Does it make a sound?

—Daphna Buchsbaum

I'm stuck at home, ugh
Blueno is gone forever
2020 sucks

— Anna Ohrt

the quiet period
seems so final, what about
the quiet comma?

—Chance Emerson

Wish I could've hugged
Blueno one more time before
’rona took him too

—Nina Magid

rainy providence...
the site of so much magic
blueno waves bye-bye

— Joseph Reindl

We talk, far apart.
Standing now with masks, hopeful,
Waiting to be close.

—Brian Freedman

Campus goes quiet
But unwavering, we are
Ever true to Brown

—Cadence Lee

Quiet, Covid, time
Bustling campus, not right now
Zoom, breathe, Zoom, and done!

— Susan Ely