April Natural Disasters Poems

After the floods,
We were left with nothing,
Our homes lay in ruins,
All we had gone leaving us torn.

It was an unprecedented downpour,
Twilight’s gift to us,
Spring was...

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I should stop dipping my toes into the water, 

but it's warm today. 

Nobody could have guessed it.

Nothing of a shocking feeling that I'll have...

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twister’s twisted touch 
aftershock in aftermath ~
in eerie silence 

April 2, 2023...

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You can’t fix stupid 

something unfixable local gems 

To this day
There are some people
Who believe that COVID
Never really existed.

That it was all a horrid libtard...

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Deep in the ocean something stirs
Plates shift, energy builds then death freed

Rising from the depths tsunami begins
Travels faster and faster
Deadly potential mounts

Land ahoy, tsunami slows
Unaware...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Dove

Remembering what was,
in the hope of could be.

The sword of my being
rises up within the wake of destruction.
No more lead by heart.  No more...

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The whispering breeze across the vibrant landscape, 
gliding beneath the cerulean sky of serenading spring,
turned into the menacing suspect of a sudden scare 
of the...

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a 5-7-5 (not sure if it could be called a senryu)


In some Southern states,
nature rivaled Corona.
We worshiped at home.


April 12, 2020...

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COVID-19

Disaster, devastation, death and destiny
Headlines, slay us every day
Not since some time-past history
Were people stricken - this terrible way

Self-isolate and stay indoors
Restrictions with fines or...

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guys~
get a grip
don’t be wimps
it’s not like
you’re being asked
to suit up for war

stay indoors and let this pass
stay out of the way of
brave people doing...

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We
are
losing
the battle
with raging water.
Millions of sandbags have failed us,
and many have had to sadly walk away from their homes, now
the bridge is closed, hydro is...

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Grievous water dearth...

          ...challenges faith's fortitude...

          ...

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In nineteen eighteen there was an outbreak of flu
Caused little concern, only affected a few
But it returned with a vengeance later that year
And the world...

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Built by Harland and Wolff in the shipyard's of Belfast
A luxurious giant ship that they built to last
An Olympic class liner of the White Star...

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