A Poem about Catherine (the hurricane)
May 5, 2007
Sonnet
Catherine
People of Louisiana and all
Dixie knew of your coming
Other people knew too, the Regent and the Chief knew
In the place of Jazz lover and Cajun queens,
New Orleans
Sons’ daughters of the gendarmes repeated the warning
Ecoute,ecoute, you must go, from all the French quarter
Some people heeded and fled, too many esited and stayed
There was no mystery of your intent jut a matter of days
You revealed your round atmospheric might for all to see.
The deluge, the flood and the wind from the mighty sea
The old edifices the broken pears and the floating bodies
Too many tears shaded for torn souls and families lost
You assailed and trembled on our history for all to see
And all that was noble bloomed and that which was not appeared
You will come again with same might will we ever learn?
