Irma Poems - Poems about Irma

There once was a gray-haired old lady. Her name was Miss Irma McGrady. As sweet as can be was little old she, but at bingo she’d act rather shady....

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Appreciation Amidst Irma© After watching Irma terrorize Florida and the Caribbean This is what appreciation looks like I appreciate that I have hydro with which to make my morning coffee That the roof is still on my home The car I drive is on four wheels and not on its side There is a place to jog this morning free of...

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Twinkle, twinkle little star, Wish I may, Wish I might see you in the early morning light. So that I may call to the Lord's first database. Full and bright with every step I take....

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Laura Lee and Irma By Franklin Price 9/15/2017 It's three A.M,. and early morn I awoke to write this down Barbara and Laura sleeping; My wife, and niece from out of town Laura Lee is visiting She is my sister's child We offered her safe haven With storm Irma going wild Irma now has left us And Laura leaves today She's returning home to Florida Going back to earn...

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Hurricane Irma and us Do not fear my dearest one I’ll hold you close despite the winds That blow and rend with its deluge Ogres captured Mother Nature And held her hostage with their scheme I bastioned you against our plight An inundation with a flood Large trees are ripped off from their roots The ogres blew the roofs off tops The window shutters shook...

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The Last of Irma By Franklin Price 9/12/2017 – 7:48AM The last of Irma's passing by Her wind's outside our door Some rain is in accompaniment The two of them and nothing more There is no chance of tidal surge To make the waters rise Irma has no ocean near To bring flooding to our eyes Her wind and rain are minimal As she passes...

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I Thought Irma Was Over By Franklin Price 9/11/2017 – 5:26 PM I thought Irma was over When she turned right at the coast To cross the width of Florida With an eye I thought was toast She made it although wounded Winds out four hundred miles She kicked the ass of Jacksonville And took away their smiles She left and headed northward Pounding Georgia's coast...

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Irma Pulled a Fast One By Franklin Price 9/11/2017 – 6:07AM Irma pulled a fast one Just before I closed my eyes Took a right turn to the East To sooner see the sun arise Was supposed to go to Tampa Get a cigar there to chew Now she's wrecking Jacksonville Her new direction's nothing new Was not supposed to go there Was to head for Alabam Once...

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warm tropic waters ignite crazed wantonness in a mistress that strays . . . pray you are not in the way of this nasty home wrecker Sept. 10, 2017 For the Hurricanes Poetry Contest of Julie Rodeheaver...

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IRMA PEERS darkening of glass the hurricane cups its hands followed by pounding 9/10/2017...

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Irma Sunday Evening By Franklin Price 9/10/2017 - 6:22PM For six hours we've been watching The eye of Irma twitch As the winds and rains around it Are making life a ***** Since I last wrote her actions She has twice come to the shore As some have indicated Here to even up the score She landed last in Naples Eye overhead on land Was determined with...

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Irma and Florida By Franklin Price 9/10/2017 - 10:07 AM We're watching several channels To determine what's for real Reporters on the outside, In the wind and rain's ideal The place now is Miami Presentation there's the best Storm surge rising in the streets Wind and rain are reaching crest Palm trees show the blowing winds Waves rock and roll the boats Around low lying...

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Irma Sunday Morning By Franklin Price 9/10/2017 It's a beautiful Sunday morning In this North Carolina place Watching Irma on the TV As She's continuing her race Our niece from Florida's with us Wise to evacuate Arrived here just two days ago Today would be too late Our daughter's here on Face time With her daughter and her spouse The effects of Irma's not yet there At her central...

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Though surely safe and sound here where I live, I feel the threat in that hysteria seen on the faces of those in her way. Chaotic, stressful planning: do they flee or stay; confront this monster on her path? Long lines for water, gas, supplies, and food, soon broaden that kaleidoscope of fear preparing for their grave apocalypse. Perpetual decision-making stabs their hearts...

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Irma – A Review to Date By Franklin Price 9/9/2017 She started off of Africa The place where she would form The waters there compatible For the Atlantic, more than warm She would travel westward Getting stronger as she went God knew all about her From the devil she was sent chorus Th ocean fed the hurricane Irma became her name Winds went to 185 She no longer was...

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