Kay Middleton’s most recent poem to appear here was Porcelain Men (February 2012).
Hurricane Sandy
By Kay Middleton
I have reached that point in the storm,
likely just before the power goes out,
when I hear the wind threatening
outside my window.
likely just before the power goes out,
when I hear the wind threatening
outside my window.
The radio repeats the warnings,
the closings, the speed of the wind
threatening outside my window.
Now the storm becomes
a prison and a shelter. I know there
is a poem in here, somewhere.
Strong poem with layers of meaning Kay. Thank you for sharing it.
great logic.
There was a wonderful poem in there – ALL of the words meaning the fear and safety I know I feel when hiding in my downstairs closet when a storm like Sandy is out there! I’m in a safer place if the roof blows off.