Just a Breeze
Be grateful for small mercies.
“In a Season of Monsters,
Gulf Coast Feels Lucky
All It Got Was Nate”
Gulf Coast Feels Lucky
All It Got Was Nate”
This was the headline
in the New York Times.
It appears that this storm
was more sedate.
That it wasn’t as bad
as Irma and Maria
is the general belief.
Terry Gentry’s car,
which was hit by a branch
that fell from a tree
was left with a cracked glass
and a bent hood.
His reaction? Intense relief.
“I feel blessed” he said,
“All my family is good.”
The authorities stress
that the damage was minimal
and what the storm left
is an inconvenient mess.
© Luigi Pagano 2017
© ionicus 2023
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I like this. Also very fitting for our hurricane epidemic-like times. I like the inclusion of dialogue and how it is written like a news report. Good last line too.
Rachel 🙂
One could call it a sort of ‘found poem’ as it was based on an actual news report. It is one that I wrote on the subiect of storms for the online zine Poetry24.com which also published a poem of mine about hurricane Irma
http://www.poetry24.co.uk/2017/09/irma-la-douce.html
Nice to read about storms, they can evoke so many powerful emotions,, clear the air, let you forget all those nasty scandals for a short moment…
Yutka
Hi Yutka, how nice to hear from you on this site.
I agree that reading about storms can evoke powerful emotions in all of us but I fancy that those affected by such cataclysms rather wish they could have avoided such notoriety.
Luigi x