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jaws of katrina
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jaws of katrina |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296
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gnawed by walls of slicing rain & wind again hiding in the parapet of my husband’s belly will mind rooms of staples bite their flesh? drowning in the smugness of traditional taps of a category 4 slamming 145 mph winds into french quarter rooms while licking the halls of sad fearful eyes roaming the broken bones of courtyards who’d have ever thought, this wilderness would become a city of sea fits & storm surges feared sewn perfectly and buttoned up in some dog trench with sullen astro turfed chairs fate blowing into paper bags, again, while we all drop lover’s kisses into cobalt jars, sealing them tight biting down nails of uncertainty… raising crucifixes up to god enabling some clandestine jaws of life while starring into walls of fox frames facing silently the night as katrina pushes onward facing a day that screams “ please fast forward!” i imagine sea grass screeching great muscle while holy water splashes the all dark swellings of dreaded groupings into wee hours of morning’s with loneliness and homeless men, being eaten alive by mosquito’s betrayal when barbed wire sits down to feast on river roots of wild faces galloping horses of falling skyscrapers animating ground zero out the side door of motels, restaurants and b&b’s exploding glass of restless souls while new orleans becomes vulnerable waiting silent, for some down town, distant eye to emerge and bring a drying sun home we can only wait hope & pray |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Katrina has pushed your talent to incredible heights, dear Lee. Impressive poem, the fragility and the fear is intensely felt and as usual there are many masterful lines here. Sigh! Love, Margherita |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
of katrina.. it would be an experience to know the core of her enjoyed this me lee j |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Lee~ No doubt the storm is catastrophic ... just viewing it on FOX TV has my hair on end~ Prayers ... prayers~ Incredible write, poetess~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
LeeJ I had a dream of naked people laying on anything that was available above water, and the mosquitos were swarming. And it felt like I didn't sleep at all, but I must have. This is an incredible poem! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sometimes I think our imaginations can be just as mighty as any storm... and sometimes, just sometimes, we can walk away. Excellent portrayal of a very angry lady... |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
~sigh~ many many moons ago, someone called me Katrina~ I sure hope I didn't leave them in a disheveled state of mind! |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
No one could phrase our angst at the coming misery any better. Well done! Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Written from one with a big heart. It was quite the ride and I am sure there are so many wish they had not taken it. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...hoping for the best...James |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
LeeJ, as Honeybunch said, so I concur. I am almost in tears reading this. Saved in library for another day when the storm is gone. ....jo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
Lee, this is just awesome! Thanks for writing this! |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Many many thanks to you all, for reading and commenting...this one, had me very afraid, for all those people, and now I'm wondering about Toerag and if he is safe. I tell you true, I was extremely concerned for the lives of those people packed in the super dome....thank God no one there was hurt, now this morning to find out there were deaths, I believe I heard 30? One can only wonder how Karen and her family are doing....what they are presently going thru, thinking about friends/neighbors who might have stayed behind, with no way of contacting them. Wondering if their home is still standing? Thank you all, very kindly for your heartfelt wishes for these people...God bless the families who have lost loved ones...it seems to be so cruel and heart breaking. |
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