A flood

I have read this authors poetry often from time to time and each time I am left with my mouth wide open.
He has creatively written a poem about the devastation of nature in a metaphoric tone and then tossed me with angles of hidden messages perhaps to a lost loved one, which is why I chose this poem to be highlighted.

I do need to state, that my reasons for ranking this poem a seven was because of "backward" being in parentheses, I felt it broke the ending a tiny bit, However- I then took a step back and came to the conclusion that he might be trying to add a visualization of impact to the poem and its ending... either way I was really and truly fond of this poem. Beautifully crafted!!

Judges comments

This poem is nice, hence I can only give it 4 points. I felt if it had a few more stanzas it would be worthy of more. However that said, what has been written is real quality. A good rhyming scheme always helps the flow of a poem and the rhyming here is very natural. There is strong imagery used and the poem feels very dark. I like the old style word use as well here and there. Gives this poem real character. I love the last line which leaves us pondering what is really going on?
Nice, tight little poem that reads better when you read it aloud.

This poem is amazing. It is easy to see why it won! I really loved reading this. The whole poem overall flowed perfectly.

Congratulations on the win!! Well deserved :-)

I enjoyed this piece. The rhymes are well done and the flow is smoothly. It also has some beat (at least when I read it, I feel some beat)

Congrats on the win