The Ossining COVID-19 Memory Project

In 100 Days
For the very first time
I heard the birds...A poem by Ossining resident Mary H. Wu, 9/26/2020.

A poem by Ossining resident Cordelia Silvestri
"Twenty Twenty started off in many good ways
The old year was gone – Ahead had to be better days..." 12/2/2020

I wouldn’t wish what we went through
on anyone.--Anonymous, Ossining resident, 3/31/2021

A poem by Elizabeth Legatt, Ossining Resident
"I'm trying to stay positive and protected. I witnessed his sad scene early Sunday morning, I believe it was 3/22. Of course I called the Croton police, but got no follow-up. This Elegy is my tribute to an unknown young man." 10/12/20

I've learned a lot about what is truly important this past year. I miss socializing, dinners out, summer concerts and entertaining at home but I realized what it means to slow my life down, to find comfort in creativity, to accept each day as it comes, to be at peace with living in a moment. -- by Julie McTavey, Ossining resident, 4/7/2021

I TOOK YOU FOR GRANTED.....
I never much realized how much I took your three dimensional face for granted...by Justine Lackey, Ossining Resident

COVID-19
Takes the skin out of the game
Without touch humans fail to thrive...A COVID poem by long-time Ossining resident Roz, 8/30/2020.