Wind Rider
I think I was made to exist within a tornado
As a girl I loved storms much more than Play-Doh
I’m more beguiled on back roads than the dark of a bar
Long hair flows wild when there’s no top on your car
They cautioned against sticking my neck out bare
I wonder if the movie proposed the dare
My dad took me to see Twister
at the theater when I was ten
I never wanted
to touch the
tunnel but
Simply
Feel
The
Wind
At 16 I saw the pinky finger of God touch Masterson Station
to leave a message in the remains of man’s creation
They asked for my dad’s license because hey no through traffic
but no one sight sees with kids at a
view so tragic
other than those who take city planning games
And destroy them to see what the public blames
And isn’t that
POWER
why we are
fascinated so?
How everything
glides
amongst
Lightening
glow
My husband watches YouTube for storm chasers
Who study the currents with meteorological lasers
They answer the question of why does it rain
What qualifies precipitation to be hurricane
We expect expert answers be exact
and wonder why
no one agrees which fact will
fall from the sky
For whatever storm
percentage is listed today
Humanity will rebuild
what
nature
leads
a
s
t
r
a
y
**Please forgive potential formatting errors**
13 thoughts on "Wind Rider"
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Love it!!!!!!
Love it !!!!!!
Love it !!!!
It worked ….I got to see it.
It totally worked on my phone.
When u fast scrolled it spun even.
Brilliant genius work.
And if you don’t get to put it up just know that I saw it and it’s wonderful!!!!!
Thank you! I’m trying to fix it 😂
***Bonus ANGSTY Poem for 6/25***
I am so annoyed
This doesn’t work
The formatting has made me
Upset like a jerk
It stole my ability for a poem on 6/25
Because I edited it at least 18 times
And at some point it was after midnight
Because I’m just a nurse with little light
And so instead you get this quick little piece
“One poem a day” without receipts
I feel the pain
Lol…..yes!
Congratulations.
And it is wonderful work
Great content and one of the most effective concrete poems I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much. Without your comments, I would have given up on formatting it correctly!
This is a beautiful shape poem! Love it!
Oh, this poems shape is delightful! Great work!
This is an ingenious poem. It really works! Excellent job? I can feel the wind swirling.
I meant to leave an exclamation point after “excellent job” not and a question mark!
Fun shape! I see those twisters!
Beyond it being a beautiful shape, I really love the rhythm and the sounds. It’s very musical.
I especially love the first one.