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I was inspired to write this poem as I watched the news during Harvey. I had family members who had to be rescued from their homes, and I waited desperately to hear that they were safe. I went through Alison, and I felt it in my spirit to write this…

I wrote a poem days before Harvey for Gray Matters asking Hurricane Harvey to spare the rest of my family, to take me if it needed to take anyone. Our house was flooded with three feet of water. The poems after the flood were written for my…

Essay of a transcendent experience trying to get home as Harvey hit

These are seven poems dealing with the before, during, and after-effects of Horrible Harvey Wallbanger, the name I blithely bestowed upon the hurricane before the devastation began for real and took the funny away. My husband and I were two of the…

Here are two poems I wrote during Harvey, "Hazard Pay" and "Hurricane Tattoo." During Harvey, Seabrook was under voluntary evacuation so I relocated to Austin with our pets while my husband stayed in Houston to work at Texas Children's Hospital.

Poem written shortly after evacuation of our home during Harvey

This is the story of four girls who had never experienced a hurricane before and the adventure they went on together.

My home did not flood during Hurricane Harvey, however I continue to get anxious when it rains, and I'm surprised by my reaction, I used to love thunderstorms, now I worry.

An essay I wrote while I was displaced and waiting to go back home.

A brief essay about hurricane anxiety and dry guilt.