IrmaA Poem by Wilyem Clark
Flat, fiery, orange-red atoll
Aswirl in pixel-perfect blue-- That's how we first met her. Irma's swimming our way, doing her monstrous Over-arm crawl, sloshing seawater, Washing and wiping out sea-spots With furious strokes. Where will she heave Her widebody wetness onto our shores? Mathematics predicts a widespread panic As ants scramble hectically out of their holes Seeking elevation, all northward trending And inland, though there isn't much point: Our stormy friend will swamp the lot. © 2017 Wilyem Clark |
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Added on September 8, 2017 Last Updated on September 8, 2017 AuthorWilyem ClarkWashington, DCAboutI've been writing poems since my teens (now in my 60s) and prose since the 1990s. It's been hard finding decent forums online--the free websites too often suffer sudden deaths. My "published" works ar.. more.. |

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