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From Me To You: Christmas, 2007

"Friends" is a word
as gentle as lovers holding hands,
as welcome as a gift on Christmas,
as inviting as flames in the fireplace ...
you warm my heart.

I'm glad you're mine.
So, in this Season of peace and love,
I reach out in gratitude and pray that
you have a wonderous Christmas and
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Added by Karla Dorman on December 19, 2007 at 10:13am — No Comments

POEM: Hissisity

Image (c) 2006, Karla Dorman
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HISSISITY

... The sky puffed out in a hissy fit
of monumental ... h i s s i s i t y.
It chased its tail from one horizon
to the other and back again, bared
its teeth in wind and rain ... n… Continue

Added by Karla Dorman on December 18, 2007 at 10:00am — No Comments

POEM: IT DOES SOMETHING TO YOU

Image (c) Karla Dorman

IT DOES SOMETHING TO YOU

Living through disaster
bumps the impossible
a little bit closer.
It does something to you;
brings the alligator
so near it embraces
you in claustrophobic
teeth that won't. Let. Go, the
next time a storm comes near.
Fear

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 17, 2007 at 9:11pm — 1 Comment

POEM: TEXAS, MY TEXAS

Image, (c) 2007, Karla Dorman.

TEXAS, MY TEXAS

They say everything's bigger in
Texas. Believe it: when the skies
stretch out forever; when lightning

does a do-si-do and a loop
from one horizon to t

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 17, 2007 at 8:56pm — No Comments

POEM: STORMPHOBIC

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POEM: STORMPHOBIC

jagged lightning splits
angry, bruised-black skies
the clouds shattered by
shockwaves of thunder -
sound -- very intense

the warning sirens
wail - the sound chills my
blood -- fear grips my heart
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT
I'M S

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 15, 2007 at 1:55am — 1 Comment

POEM: THE GHOSTS OF KATRINA

Image (c) 2007, Karla Dorman

'THE GHOSTS OF KATRINA'

The unlucky ones trapped by
circumstances, poverty,
or lack of transportation
(or just cusse'd stubborness)

waited out the storm. Instead,
it met them at the door with
30 feet of water the
day the rains came and came and

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 13, 2007 at 10:53pm — No Comments

POEM: START SPREADIN' THE NEWS

Image (c) 2007, Karla Dorman

"START SPREADIN' THE NEWS....."

The StormSpinner and her twin sis
may be spinning their stories on
the small screen; a television
studio from Canada is
doing a documentary
on storms and the people who fear
(looking at the original
chickens: when sky turns green, we go
yellow)

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 12, 2007 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Poem: NineOneOne: Six Years Later

Image (c) 2007, Karla Dorman.

Poem: ''NineOneOne: Six Years Later''

Has it been six years? It
seems not. The events are
as fresh as yesterday.
Saddened hearts remember
where they were, what they were
doing when time stopped in
its tracks: fast forward to
now. Moments of silence
sta

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 11, 2007 at 9:40am — 1 Comment

Poem: Past [Forever]: To Remember 9/11

Image (c) 2007, Karla Dorman.

'' PAST [FOREVER] ''

Eyes, scalded, remember
the past [forever] branded
in our soul. The years have
not erased time and distance:
still fresh, still raw, as if
it happened yesterday
and not six short years ago.

Can't imagine

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Added by Karla Dorman on September 10, 2007 at 8:48pm — 1 Comment

Poem: The Howling

Used to the room going black,
spinning, as if the storm
reversed itself back into
my bed. Lightning flashes -
oneonethousandtwoonethous:
never reach three before
the Howling screams me awake,
neatly stopping the heart.
Happens again and again,
these spasms of panic
throwing me onto the floor… Continue

Added by Karla Dorman on September 1, 2007 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

POEM:

Image (c) 2007, Karla Dorman.

POEM: DAMNED IF YOU DON'T, DAMNED IF YOU DO

He didn't need to scan the
weather maps to know trouble
was brewing: all signs pointed
to a disaster in the
making. Besides, old bones told

all he needed to know: it
would be bad, this runaway
freight train

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Added by Karla Dorman on August 17, 2007 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

POEM: KATRINA - TWO YEARS LATER

Image (c) 2007, Karla Dorman.

POEM: KATRINA - TWO YEARS LATER

Blinking in the freshening
gale, he stood firm: no damnfool
storm was going to chase him
away. Wife and kids could go,
he was staying. Been through these
things, before: he and house came
out alright. His home, all he
knew:

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Added by Karla Dorman on August 10, 2007 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Poem: Extreme Home(Re)MakeOvers

Picture: reds, yellows, greens
on the radar screen: might
be pretty, but tell that
to those living under
the swirling color, black:
the storm does not give a
damn about color schemes
as it rearranges
towns and buildings to its
satisfaction, despite
what the weatherman says.
It doesn't ca… Continue

Added by Karla Dorman on March 2, 2007 at 12:30am — 1 Comment