Poetry Friday posts are with Kathryn Apel all the way from Australia.
Most of my week was spent inside my house watching the weather channel and wondering what Hurricane Harvey had in mind. He was a destructive force in South Texas. But here in Acadiana, we got some rain, some wind, and three days off of school. I am happy we didn’t have to endure the suffering of flooding and wind damage, but there’s a part of me that feels guilty about that.
I’m in charge of this month’s #10foundwords article for Laura Shovan’s Facebook poetry project. I chose an article that Tabatha Yeatts posted about how we can help Houston: Ways to Help People During Hurricane Harvey.
The ten words I found are: storm, contribute, massive, functioning, need, home, shelter, giving, dramatic, midst.
While the storm was heading north to dissipate, a few bands of wind gusts passed our way. I love the way the cypress trees bend and wave with the wind. They are designed to withstand hurricanes and tropical storms. I went outside to video the trees. When the wind passes through the trees, it sounds like waves on the seaside.
I realized that the video could enhance my poem, so I worked on an iMovie. If I had been teaching, I never would have had time for this kind of creative play. The grace of this storm was time to create. The grace of poetry is words to express my deepest empathy.
Reflections on the Teche 