Living with Coronavirus

“S T Kimbrough encompasses themes of compassion and empathy in these nuggets of wisdom and questioning in the form of poetry, and focuses our thoughts on self-growth as well as nurturing others as we navigate the new complexities of a world turned upside down by coronavirus. Grounded in Christian concepts of God’s saving grace and our responsibility to our fellow human beings, Kimbrough urges the reader to seek higher ground when we look at our changing world.”


—Burton L. Scott, Professor of Neurology; Director, Huntington’s Disease Society of America, Center of Excellence at Duke University





“With the graceful simplicity of Wesley hymns, S T Kimbrough’s poems bring us face to face with reality—a word that occurs often in this collection. Yet how can anything be face to face in our masked, no-contact Covid-19 world? S T responds to such questions with wry humor, as when he imagines social distancing with the aid of a six-foot selfie-stick. He also can lash out with righteous indignation at the global scope of governmental failure. But in his concluding poems, this man of faith opens before us a horizon of hope. In the face of death, we cannot expect to return to pre-Covid normalcy, but we can ‘turn now to love, each one for all.’”


—John H. Erickson, former Dean, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary





“S T Kimbrough is the epitome of what John Ciardi may have had in mind when he wrote, ‘Poetry is itself a religion; it gives meaning to life.’ S T’s poetic gifts express faith, enlivening ‘a no-contact world’ with an unseen touch, bringing spiritual truth and gracious hope that will enable us to become the help that will overcome our own and others’ suffering.”


—William B. Lawrence, Professor Emeritus of American Church History, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University