Best Katrina Poems

On the eastern shore, she knocked on our door
Then drifted away to the west
She then turned north, and steadily forth
With rage upon her crest

As she...

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All you do 
All you say
All you write
In the jasmine garden
Is a frenzied drum
Bludgeoning me to dumb

Intensely numb
I feel
As I reel

Yes
As you come
Rising on tides
Passion...

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They say sticks and stones may break my bones but I 
came face to face with a wall today.
I keep on searching but I'm lost
I...

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As hurricane Katrina has came and gone, "the challenging winds can do no wrong".
As hurricane Katrina did left many dead and homeless, "the prompt of...

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On August 29, 2005, the "Rain and Rain and more Rains came", destroying everything we had worked a lifetime for.  My home that we...

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Look around,
Do you see it?
It is the destruction of Katrina.

Listen closely,
Can you hear it?
It is the screams,
Of those in pain.

Stand still,
Can you feel it?
It is...

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Hurricanes Up Close And Personal

As of this writing, Florence is intensifying and threatening the shores of the Carolinas.  She is dangerous, even in her...

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nobody knows how they feel as bodies glide and float down the street
nobody knows how they feel when they clothes are torn and their pants...

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I see the devistation,
In the world today
I hope and pray within my heart,
That God sends peace along the way

So many people hurting,
Children lost not found
Illness...

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Katrina was her name I must say,is this the same as nine eleven that came our way? Where 
everybody cried, prayed, and hoped if they...

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Written By:  D. Collins 10/10/23


Ask a black man in America just how he feels?
He’ll say like Ukraine, he’s not down with Israel.
Called refugees after...

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Essence of salt and waves crashing
           The World of the Sea has a heart
 ...

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Remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Don't stop believing in the strength that lies inside,
get up, stand up until you can stand no longer.
You...

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Mogadishu ...
Black Hawk helicopter down
Caracas ...
Riots burning everything to the ground
New Orleans ...
Katrina tears has gotten many more drowned
Manila ...
Government death squads are roaming around

Global...

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Daddy read another fairy tale and nightly prayers were said.
He tenderly kissed his little princess and gently tucked her in bed.
Pausing to gaze upon her...

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