Tuesday, October 30, 2012

from today's Poem a Day, how apropos . . .


The Hurricane
by William Carlos Williams

The tree lay down 
on the garage roof 
and stretched, You 
have your heaven, 
it said, go to it. 
Reprinted from The Collected Poems: Vol. II, 1939-1962. Copyright © 1944 by New Directions Publishing Corporation. Used with permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.
About this poem:
The Hurricane names slotted for 2012 include: Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gordon, Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk, Leslie, Michael, Nadine, Oscar, Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, Valerie, and William.

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