Best Hurricane Poems

A dedication to Eileen Ghali
for her prolific production of
inspiring work

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Hurricane Eileen - The Storm

As darkness drew nearer
Light falling to drearer
I knew, the night was a foul
The windows were slashed
By her white lightening blast
Down the chimney old windy did...

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"Inside the Hurricane"



Inside the Hurricane
starts small

a minuet waltzing
cadence like clandestine lovers

whispered reverently 
soft becomes hard 

and slow for a fall
under dark cloudy covers

boiling over 
to tangled tango

in the burning brain
there the homeless Heart 

meets it’s counterpart
in it’s enticing suede 

labyrinthine cave
safe against a wall

balanced and...

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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...

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The sun illuminates where former smile,
a crimson sunset into the crypsis
fades. Optical illusion - boat upside-
down, sails sullied, the upheaval of grit.

My sight ebbs and flows, a buoy beholds
the odd. I grasp the folds of skittered skirt,
hang on tight, my fishing shock strength reeling.
My black...

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Hands crushing my ribcage
Horizon fading into non-existence
Order thrown aside carelessly by
     chaos
Feelings pulsing through the
     impalements from finger
     nails in my heart
Tops of pine trees bending in the
     force...

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Sighing pines, oaks rustle
Acorns fall in a bustle
Winds constantly stir nature's crops
Hurricane outer bands over the top     

It was considered a tropical depression when it got to our area. We got some wind, some really nice rain, and a lot of...

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The possibilities are endless
With every new scientific discovery.
There is inspiration to invent devices
That improve quality of life
And save lives in the process.

Spin with the wave and slow it down
With drones and electromagnetism.
Entropy and vacuums.
Spin with the wave, then slow it down
With science and ingenuity.

Catch the...

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Her love was a tropical hurricane 
Drowning the souls who fell victim
The wind would pick up at the smell of rain
She never quite knew how to pick em

She loved those lost and those in hiding
She cared when the world gave up
No factors played part, in...

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Standing on the sands 
of helplessness, 
as waves of sadness 
lap at my feet  
I know not what holds 
your voice hostage, 
unable to comfort it 
only baffles 
At an ocean's length 
of pain, 
an essence cannot even 
take wing on a breeze 

So sadness is...

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The hurricane leaped onshore
dancing with delight
unhinging the tops of buildings
releasing them into the air
like balloons
whose knots are untied
then kicking the hapless battered bottoms 
far down the road
before spinning madly on...

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               Birds restless that dawn

               Clouds announced fierce storm coming

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    "Hurricane Havoc"



dangerous winds rage
uprooting trees to tumble
drenched by rain torrents.

flooding waters wrath
swallow bridges crumbled stones
violence and death.

power lines cascade
sparking flames igniting homes
volatile darkness.

ocean waves invade
breaching sand dunes overflow
beaches dwell with fish.

hurricane havoc
shelters contain precious life
Mother Nature cries.


*For SandyIvy Davis's Hurricanes -...

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HURRICANE HATTIE                                           ...

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O' the case of Dorian
progressing through the sea,
battering the Bahamas
then shifting to a "three",
Have you seen the damage caused,
how islands lie in rubble?
Property and lives were lost
resulting from your trouble!

Now we wait so anxiously
to know the fullest measure
of this great calamity
ending in displeasure.
Soon will come...

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the mountains groaned, repulsed
by the distant grumble of thunder’s rough
voice rising on the edges of the dark
stirring the distant gaze of a still twilight
flooded with shadows, hasty halos
remembering what comes, after the storm

the gentle pelting, pretty droplets
erasing the murmur of leaves, dancing
crisp as the shadows,...

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