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Hurricane

8/30/2025

By Ellie HoovsPublished 4 months ago 1 min read
Hurricane
Photo by NASA on Unsplash

You took warmth

from the bodies 'beneath' you,

wrapped it around yourself,

always spiraling

with your tropical air,

leaving the room cold in your wake.

You built a stadium

in honor of your own game,

that you watch with one open eye,

cheering your own madness,

and yet never satisfied.

Not even when you uproot islands,

nor control the tides.

You feast upon destruction,

craving more carnage,

powerless in your uncontrolled rage,

until at last

you die.

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Ellie Hoovs

Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.

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  • Krysha Thayer4 months ago

    Wonderful description of a devastatingly beautiful but destructive act of nature. I love it.

  • Marilyn Glover4 months ago

    I agree with Bolt, the photo is the perfect springboard for beautiful poetry. I love how one can expand beyond nature and find a pathway to our sometimes inhumane human condition.

  • Lightning Bolt ⚡4 months ago

    This is great. That amazing photo is the perfect springboard for beautiful poetry. ⚡️💙 Bill⚡️

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