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Dust Bowl

Oklahoma 
	electric blue skies,
	sun and wild winds
	tragic black dirt clouds 
	sand sifting through cracks 
	dry stalks
	bones - only bones 
	California

Copyright © Jack Jordan | Year Posted 2013

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Richard Ferry Date: 3/18/2013 10:20:00 PM Great write Myself, rather be at the Rose Bowl.............rick Login to Reply Jack Jordan Date: 3/19/2013 8:54:00 AM Or any other Bowl, from what I understand about the Great Plains in the 1930's. Jack

Andrea Dietrich Date: 3/13/2013 11:06:00 PM oh, yes, this really makes me think of that great novel. I never read it. Steinbeck? But I saw the movie and it was great. Login to Reply Jack Jordan Date: 3/14/2013 8:07:00 AM Okay... I'll admit that I never read it either, which says a lot about my lousy undergraduate education as well as my lethargic adult life. J

Donna Jones Date: 3/13/2013 7:09:00 PM This really got to me Jack...most of my family went thru this and yes , grapes of wrath style, went to CA. But back home now...great job.....Donna Login to Reply Jack Jordan Date: 3/13/2013 9:51:00 PM My family didn't make the CA trek, but certainly lived through hard times in Oklahoma and Texas. I'm not sure how I wound up back here. There must be some sort of weird magnetism - and very fine people too. Jack

Eric Ashford Date: 3/13/2013 6:00:00 PM Lucid visuals Jack and it says much with an economy of words. Enjoyed. Login to Reply Jack Jordan Date: 3/13/2013 9:47:00 PM Thanks, Eric. I appreciate the nice comment. Jack

Sheri Fresonke Harper Date: 3/13/2013 4:57:00 PM Nice tight capture of the time, almost like one of those stalks, excellet. Login to Reply Jack Jordan Date: 3/13/2013 5:12:00 PM Given the current drought, I can only hope the Dust Bowl doesn't return. Thanks for reading. Jack

Judy Konos Date: 3/13/2013 9:17:00 AM Good One! Welcome Back...Premium Member.... Login to Reply Jack Jordan Date: 3/13/2013 9:35:00 AM Short and not so sweet, I'm afraid. Thanks for reading it. Jack