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IN DEFENSE OF KATRINA
by Terry OlynikVent not your anger
At one named Katrina.
This is a name most fictional,
Bestowed upon our lady Nature
In alphabetical randomness
By some nameless beauracrat,
Who could never know.
She was born
Not of revenge,
Or apocalyptic/biblical intention,
She was birthed
On the trade winds,
And engorged on the gulf's
Equatorial heat.
A hot-breathed,
Low pressure dynamo -
She is Nature,
She does as she pleases-
Since the planet's first spin.
This time,
We got in the way. 08/30/2005 Author's Note: "It's Nature's way of receiving you. It's Nature's way of retrieving you. It's Nature's way of telling you - something's wrong" (Spirit).
Posted on 08/31/2005
Copyright © 2025 Terry Olynik
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Delilah Coyne on 12/09/05 at 12:52 AM As a person who was right in the path of Katrina, I can say I have a whole new respect for hurricanes and this poem nails it. Mother nature is one bad mother! Good job!! |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 12/27/07 at 07:52 PM 'She was birthed on the trade winds...' - some might see a message here, others not. Either way, something's wrong...that's human nature :> My 'random poem' treat for the day... |
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