Five Years of Katrina

an ongoing, impromtu work.

Five years ago,

the great storm came;

it hit the Gulf Coast

with horrible power.

In Missippi,

the town of Waveland vanished

every building destroyed

by Katrina's rage;

leaving a landscape

that echoed Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

 

In New Orleans,

it nearly took the music away.

When the levees broke,

the water poured in,

making much of New Orleans

an extension of Lake Ponchatrain.

Three thousand people died.

Bodies piled on roads,

hidden in  flooded buildings,

or left to float

in the filthy flood water;

adding to the stench.

Author's Note

This is a new, ongoing work. I welcome criticism. All aid appreciated.