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Street Roots • October 6-12, 2017
Poetry
Tillamook Flood 1996
by Maddy Brown-Clark
The flood waters are rising again
An overflow of winter rain
Once there were days
When the water rushed
Into the old supermarket
And left a swamp
Of submerged and ruined groceries
As a lake formed
In the parking lot
The waters covered the highway
As the locals traveled
By boat in the downpour
And journeyed into town
Or the cars would
Just float away
Carried by the current
Of a new highway waterway
And from the still water of the slough
The travelers rocked by the
Wilson River overflow
But didn’t get washed away
So when the water subsided
We cleaned up after the damage left behind
And longed for a better winter
Next time.
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Inside Written Out
by Michone Nettles
Writing takes me inward to bring things outward.
It’s a way of bringing the things inside out and on paper
as a poem a story or just a mix of words
that collaborate with each other, or not.
It’s a thing that I recently found out that I like to do,
a play with words, a mix-match.
The sky is the limit when it comes from the heart.
It’s also a bit difficult not to say or repeat
the same things over and over again.
A sentence or a word, it’s a great form
of expression or communication to self or others
mixing words that bounce off each other
sometimes not making any sense,
but reflecting an idea or place inside the heart or soul.