Four Poems: Harvest of Apoplectic Horses [Katrinas Pathway]

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Four Poems: Katrina's Pathway

Harvest of Apoplectic Horses((Dedicated to: Katrina)) crisis)

It has happened before:Nearby and afar,Where the four-horses ofApocalypseWith their flaming nostrilsBreathed in the fury of the windsOnly to vomit out, disaster; -Then galloped away,Against pale faces!...

#824 9/2/05

The Vanishing [Dedicated to: Katrina]

For a time, I left my body-Behind me.Still,I resided in my darkroom-"There is good in the world," I said,The spirit of the world beginsTo move-slowly, after Katrina.I closed my eyes, thinkingNew Orleans, Mississippi(a prayer, if only for one).Women's hands, loaves of bread?Appear?eyes of men tired with dreadBurgundy faces, huddledTogether?appear.I say: thank God it's not winter.The world is silent (mostly)A few friends hear our cryBut they are just shadowsTurned away from the sun.The only thing worse than death,Is this-the vanishing.

#825 9/2/05

Bones in Water (The Gem of the South; Katrina)

There once was this gemDown along the Mississippi(The Big Easy, New Orleans)A gem, all wanted to touch:Now in silent waters, like Atlantis;The city in the dark:Once the blossom of the South,It cannot stand up right now.Broken to its knees, with easeIn the winds of the hurricane:Katrina's pathway: bones and ravage.

#826 9/2/06

Doomed to Live [Katrina]

Doomed to liveAre those who survived-?Katrina's massive outcryThe defiance of Mother NatureAgainst mankind-.Thus, her ultimatum, herRemorseless, implacableUnalterable despair-Gave her skeleton to createA great catastropheFor humankind?Her face was gaunt, withPatched gray, colored deadWith tarnished braids aroundHer eyelids-unaimed, calmHer voice, not even rose-She destroyed New OrleansHer golden rival!...

#827 9/3/05

Dennis Siluk, international Poet

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