Rett

Sep 25, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Ike Strikes

Bloated body
Gaping maw
Spittled lips
Swollen jaw

Relentless stalk
Unstoppable advance
Set course
Little chance

Battered beaches
Missing homes
Shattered Island
Broken bones

Trees snapped
Limbs torn
Roofs ripped
Fear born

Dreams erased
Hopes too
Wind dies
Hurricane’s through

— Rett, Sep 25, 2008

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Region, Country: Southern Texas, USA

Favorite Poets: Dickenson, Longfellow

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Critiques

poewriter58

17 years 8 months ago

Rett

So glad o see you made it through A good depiction of devastation and loss Chrys

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Thank you Chrys

Sorry I am so late answering. Thank you for the kind words. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown

tbeaudet

17 years 8 months ago

Hurrricanes really

Blow. Glad you're safe my friend.

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

You said a mouthful. They are real windbags.

Thanks. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown

Mark

17 years 8 months ago

Hey Rett !

This is one of my favorite styles one of the first I used. Glad you came through over there. Too bad about your yard, trees are a fondness for me. Glad you are back live and well. Mark Old bandits are really young rascals.

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Thanks mark

I appreciate the good wishes and I am partial to trees also. Glad you like the style. I write that way once in a while. I like to see how much can be said in as few a words as possible. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown

Barbara Writes

17 years 8 months ago

ike

Smiles:) Barbara glad you came through it all. nice overview.

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Thanks Barbara

I appreciate it. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown

rider68

17 years 8 months ago

Hi Rett

Just to add....Great to know your well, Regards Peter ~~~"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday, and I love today."~~~

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

scary buggers aren't they??

Jon said it rained like a mofo here when Hannah came through. A hurricane the size of Texas?! I would have been runnin' screamin' the other way! Glad y'all pulled through ok. Next time, plant plastic trees - they do less damage.... LOL ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- "Johnny was a chemist’s son, but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O, was really H2SO4...."

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

LOL

Then I would have had plastic leaves to get up and the lawnmower doesn't like them. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown

easylife_2

17 years 8 months ago

so glad for you my friend

That you made it through.Thank you for the good write explaining it all.

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Thank you easy

I appreciate the sentiment and glad you liked it. I appreciate it a lot. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown