Spring Natural Disasters Poems

Pictures of life are so blurry looking through the lens of a wet pane
Wind fills it with all its fury heavy; driving me today a...

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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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it was Spring 2023 that my city of Ottawa, Canada
      was hit by floods
we had so much rain that the...

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Sea calm,
Crew slept,
Dark side,
Sea kept,
Tide raced,
Waves crept,
Crew woke,
Sails prepped,
Coiled spring,
Waves leapt,
Overboard,
Crew swept,
Left behind,
They wept.

For the sea has no respect
For the nautically inept …...

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Someone who knows
Said You were an old ancient Tree,
But at the time, it didn’t really matter, 
Or seem important to me.
I knew You only for...

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Looking out of my window at a world that cries with grief
Mothers Fathers, and children shuffle by
Mouths are covered, eyes are blinded, do they grimace...

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Poems about the Coronavirus II


This World's Joy
(anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 14th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Winter awakens all my care
as leafless...

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yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch

plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse



yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch

sunflowers
hang...

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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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her neihbobors pollen
caused her to sneeze
it made her angry
and she fell to her knee
oh god this
damn pollen
what the hell will I do
it's everywhere
she rinsed off...

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Both Jing and Ling
Perfect match of nature
Are walking in Wuhan City,China 
Have hand in hand 
Before the king of death
The Corona Virus attacks on the...

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The Sahara 


Scorching sun
Desiccates the earth  
Fine pebbles 
Stir and whirl
Removing footprints
Plateau is built 
Scarf covers face 

Rain is absent
Well has shrunk 
Trees are...

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Save your planet

Last night was
The dark night……
But the darkness will go out 
With the moonlight…..
And the bright of the day
Will not always…..
One day cloud, hide...

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Grass cut, mulched beds,
Spring is here
Awfully early this year. 
Anyone else feeling dread
About what changes are ahead?...

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As I read todays Sunday paper,
it brought back a lot of heartache,
it'll be 5 years this coming Wednesday,
when there was a terrible outbreak..
I remember when...

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