evidence: Kitty O'Meara's prose poem "And the people stayed home" has struck a chord with all those affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, even Deepak Chopra and Oprah are raving about it. [...] O'Meara's poem suggests that we view this era of social distancing as a chance to undertake purposeful activities like meditation, exercise, and dancing, and result in a kind of global healing. [...] O'Meara told the magazine her poem was the accumulation of months of anxiety as she'd be watching the pandemic unfold. She said of her poem "It offers a story of how it could be, what we could do with this time."