Hurricane Hits England

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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
It took a hurricane, to bring her closer To the
landscape. Half the night she lay awake, The
howling ship of the wind, Its gathering
rage, Like some dark ancestral spectre. Fearful
and reassuring.
From generation to generation
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Ghost
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OXYMORON two opposite words put together to add
effect.
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
God of Hurricanes
Personal
Talk to me Huracan Talk to me Oya Talk to me
Shango And Hattie My sweeping, back-home cousin.
She feels reassured
Goddesses of storms
Famously destructive hurricane
Moved
A relative she knew from home
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
Tell me why you visit An English coast? What is
the meaning Of old tongues Reaping havoc In new
places?
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Her old language, she doesnt speak it anymore.
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
Oxymoron, lighting
Contradiction
The blinding illumination, Even as you
short- Circuit us Into further darkness?
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Electric loss, power cut or physically blinded
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
She is searching for an answer.
What is the meaning of the trees Falling heavy as
whales Their crusted roots Their crated graves?
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The power of the storm -also links to the sea.
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
She wants to become one with nature
Tropical Oya of the weather, I am aligning myself
to you, I am following the movement of your
winds, I am riding the mystery of your storm.
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
The storm has set her free.
O why is my heart unchained?
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She is asking the gods questions, again.
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Hurricane Hits England
Hurricane Hits England
Cultural roots have been revealed by the storm
Ah, sweet mystery, Come to break the frozen lake
in me, Shaking the foundations of the very trees
within me, Come to let me know That the earth is
the earth is the earth.
All places on Earth are connected- she no longer
feels apart from her homeland