Pump it up

A lot of New England is still fending off the floodwaters of Hurricane Irene. We share some images of the rising tides and some thoughts on a few words President Obama might like to share with the residents of Paterson, NJ, when he visits. Photos and text at blog.amynelsonhahn.info

Persistence

Much in the way
a slag stump
stands in the tide
and will not give over;
much in the way
the sharp-angled jet
of a wayward stone
takes years to overthrow
with courses of whet and billows
of white thrashings;
like these our haggard days
lash themselves to the mast
and chide the storm.
We furl and thicken
in the christening wind,
and will not give over.

Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn

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