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………………..tornado rubble ………………..the mailbox flag ………………..still raised..
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Headlines:
“Single monster tornado blamed for 10 Miss. deaths” (USA Today)
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Poem by Laurence Stacey (see editor biographies). Read more by this poet.
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Tags: Laurence Stacey, Mississippi, Monster Tornado, Pearl, Tornado, Tornado Deaths
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May 12th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
I like this haiku a lot, the juxtaposition of the tragic with the very ordinary.
Jim
May 12th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Thanks James! I was actually watching footage from the area. Some of the tornadoes even had three heads. The number of natural disasters that have occurred in this year alone is startling. It seems like there is an earthquake at least every two months now. Did you hear about the one in Indonesia recently?
May 12th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
As James said, the juxtaposition here is very nice. Great stuff Laurence
May 14th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Yeah – this is a beautiful poem Laurence. Reminds me of the Michael Dylan Welch one:
after the quake
the weathervane
pointing to the earth
Which we still are yet to publish sometime.
May 14th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Thanks man! Yeah, that is a lovely poem by Michael!