Sinophone verses from lyrical (e)scapes: an account of poetics and poïesis in distress

The initial outburst of the pandemic, in early 2020, forced China and rest world into seclusion, anxiety, social alienation. In Sinosphere, a human response to aporia isolation is lyrical production, prosperous literary activity through which individual gives shape collective consciousness.
 present paper examines collection Sinophone verses sprung from Covid-19 threat dismay, as psychic necessity re-organize perception outer world. Specifically, it studies body fifty-two poems composed by twelve voices, published Chinese spring number respected journal Jintian 今天. This investigation primarily focuses on cultural, aesthetic, psychological value polyphony embodied unchained sing against background common predicament. parallel, reads memory cultural repository, engendered narrative projection experience: that end, combines narratological approach with observation certain features “poetics distress”.