What would be a good poem to ring out the omnishambles of 2020?

Been asked to choose one to read aloud tonight; I’m finding it hard to walk that fine line between rage, grief and hope. All suggestions warmly appreciated
Happy 2021, all, and thanks for a great thread of suggestions.

I went with a short trilogy - this brilliant anonymous piece (author credit welcome) about the difficulty of taking imaginary journeys when all journeys are forbidden
John Donne’s famous Meditation 17 from 1623, which seemed to pull together the loss of Europe and the loss of loved ones into one beautiful empathetic bubble
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