Four Haiku
Cathy Ncube
Months of Spilling
April rained petrol
May brought tar balls and oil sheens
June spewed oily heat
Oily DemiseOil harmed gulf waters
Scared, battered sea creatures fled
To slick shoreline deaths
Oil Spoiled, Fall Waits
Spring days were pleasing
Oil spoiled them and summer weeks
Fall waits for spill news
School, Summer Blues, School
Oil spilled, schools closed soon
Summer Blues, burns, booms, berms, blimps
Well killed, school bells rings
Cathy Ncube lives in Pensacola, FL. She has worked as computer software programmer/analyst, visiting professor and assistant professor in computer science. She is married and has three grown children.
The Spill
In 2010, when the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill exploded and threatened the way of life that Gulf Coast residents know and love, West Florida Literary Federation offered an outlet for expression. During the six months when the uncapped well gushed, and for one year following the successful capping of the well, writers, poets and photographers from across the country sent us their words, thoughts and feelings, thereby providing a literary record of the Deep Water Horizon environmental disaster. Here are the best of the submissions.CONTENTS
Photo Essay
A Tale of Two Beaches: The BP Oil Spill, Before and AfterProse
Nirvana No MoreWe Need New Legs
Watching the Beach Workers
The Daydreams of a Believer
Viewpoint
The Last Swim
Poetry
HUCKSTER (OIL SPIEL)SLOW DROWN
Pensacola Beach
Our Loss
He Got His Life Back
Haiku
THE REAL QUESTION
EXPLOSION OF THE BP MACONDO OIL WELL
Brutal Performance
Black Gold
B R I T I S H P E T R O L E U M
Dangerous People
All Is Not Well & Other Unpleasant Realities (Courtesy of BP)
Four Haiku
But, especially,
The Blackness Carnivals
Mississippi Coast Lament
Tarballs
Reaper Screaming in The Gulf
Capped
spill
DON’T TOUCH OUR PROFITS
ONLY A MEMORY
DAY FORTY-FIVE OF THE DEEPWATER DISASTER
THE ENERGY POLICY ACT
Black Death