My Pandemic / Gratitude List is a book of poetry in two acts, leading from the bleakness of the statewide Covid-19 lockdown to joy and gratefulness that came later. Ace Boggess has crafted poems in tense meditations and lighthearted exaltations. This book offers a chronicle of before and after, exploring the author’s insights on the strangeness of life in modern times, and simple pleasures of being there, having survived, and savoring the journey even at its darkest moments.