Tag: Hurricane Sandy

Protesters Unite

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Part 2

after the storm
spread
 
relief
a stream
shuttled to
desperate areas
 
“Attention!
…they
do it for free”
 
see a need and
fill it
 
line
bandages and bottles
behind a tattered curtain
 
retrieve
 
phenomenal
community

Another erasure poem adapted from The Associated Press article, “Wall Street protestors unite to help victims of storm,” by Meghan Barr

Island Forgotten

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Island Forgotten

An erasure poem adapted from an Associated Press article by Meghan Barr about Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy

Do you see

she asked, resignation

two young

brothers swept

from mother’s arms

drowned

a forgotten island

In the shadow

dazed

survivors roam

sand-covered streets

under the weight

of water

fire trucks

scatter

relief

wash muddy

hands

for

salvage

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