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Twin Sisters
by J. W. Murphy → (All Poetry by J. W. Murphy)
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Rita and Katrina's path, nature's sullen wrath.


      boarded splinters
      stranded trees
      rabid borders
      torrent seas

howling wind, long since quieted--
howling survivors, of innocence shed
city turned marshy lake--
city ever changed, for some forsake

     oily film
     island houses
     nature's quelm
     humanity's loses

slanting rain, long since collected--
slanting houses, of unfortunate death
memories taken, by churning wake--
memories living, for families' sakes

     structures torn
     dwellers displaced
     stragglers mourn
     bullets faced
  

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 Reviews of "Twin Sisters"
Reviewed by Phyllis Jean Green
Reviewed on April 26, 2006
Sad and terrible events, indeed. . .but what a gem this is!!
P e r f e c t. 'Pea' <3

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 7, 2005
Very sad ,,, I just cannot imagine what suffering it musta brought along!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on December 6, 2005
And lives strew as though the howling winds threw them in almost every state in the country. Homes no more. Tangible mementos gone. Only memories. Sad.


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