Four Poems: Harvest of Apoplectic Horses Katrina's Pathway

Four Poems: Katrina's Pathway

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

It has happened before:
Nearby and afar,
Where the four-horses of
Apocalypse
With their flaming nostrils
Breathed in the fury of the winds
Only 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 begins
To moveslowly, after Katrina.
I closed my eyes, thinking
New Orleans, Mississippi
(a prayer, if only for one).
Womens hands, loaves of bread
Appeareyes of men tired with dread
Burgundy faces, huddled
Togetherappear.
I say: thank God its not winter.
The world is silent (mostly)
A few friends hear our cry
But they are just shadows
Turned away from the su n.
The only thing worse than death,
Is thisthe vanishing.

#825 9/2/05

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

There once was this gem
Down 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 ease
In the winds of the hurricane:
Katrinas pathway: bones and ravage.

#826 9/2/06

Doomed to Live [Katrina

Doomed to live Are those who survived? Katrinas massive outcry The defiance of Mother Nature Against mankind. Thus, her ultimatum, her Remorseless, implacable Unalterable despair Gave her skeleton to create A great catastrophe For humankind Her face was gaunt, with Patched gray, colored dead With tarnished braids around Her eyelidsunaimed, calm Her voice, not even rose She destroyed New Orleans Her golden rival!...

< p>#827 9/3/05

Dennis Siluk, international Poet

Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Poetry
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