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Hurricane Warning

One flower almost gray but visibly not Brushed by a breeze on concrete wet Emerged from a crevasse along the corner Forced to hold on to its limited yellow Open to suggestion More than several shapes take hold On a distant wall of wind emerged tornadoes Spun in favor of the days rotation Coming in from the west At a 90 degree declination Turns to be determined left or right Angles perpendicular to the east The eye wall wobbling uncertain to reason As gray turns to black Rises with barometric pressure Collapsed on the moments fragile flight Palm trees hang suspended, then animate Fall like paragraphs pinned down by wind News wires bent on facts lean in to learn There to understand it Hurricane begins, uproots humanity Removes them like tooth decay Electric lines freak out, burn on orange red desires Dangle in the wind in pain without a smile Touch puddles as children walk by Inclement weather does strange things Impacts the storm track still intact Leaves nothing behind or to the imagination Including its name which is forgotten Roads clear and are not there Traffic, trees, people... Poof!..all gone Storm warnings move on, hunger for warmth Looking for a tropical paradise to wrong

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 9/17/2017 1:36:00 PM
Tactile pen, a fave :) xomo
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Earl Schumacker
Date: 9/17/2017 3:30:00 PM
Hi Maureen, Thank you so much. I think I mentioned to you that I would be reworking this poem when my electric power returned. I lost my cell phone also. Thank God I had charcoals so I could make BBQ coffee. Thank you for returning to my revised poem. I appreciate your comments. Take care. Earl
Date: 9/10/2017 9:47:00 AM
Take care keep safe good luck dear poet. xomo
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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 9/12/2017 1:44:00 PM
So happy to read you safe and sound :) I can only begin to imagine the mess. Godspeed
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Earl Schumacker
Date: 9/11/2017 5:32:00 PM
Hi Maureen, Thank you so much. We just got our power back. We sustained some property damage. I put up 1/2 inch plywood panels on all my windows. We did not dodge a bullet. We dodged a torpedo. I appreciate your concern. Take care. Earl P.S. I was trying to post a rework of this poem yesterday when I lost electric power. I'm going to try again soon. I'm very busy as you might imagine. Thanks again. Glad you enjoyed my poem. es

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