Even a Hurricane Can't Stop the Poetry
Hurricane Helene’s pounding rain and high winds wreaked havoc on the lives of all in her path. Over 250 dead and missing and more than 80 billion dollars in damage in the United States. Hardest hit was North Carolina where Wendy Gillis had just installed one of the Neruda Poetry Boxes. The poem she chose to share while she sheltered was the same poem RTÉ News ended its evening broadcast with back in March of 2020 at the beginning of the Covid 19 Pandemic; the poem Everything Is Going to Be All Right by Derek Mahon. Derek died in October later that year. Four years later his poem offered hope and consolation to Wendy’s neighbors from within one of the beautiful all Ipé Neruda Poetry Boxes. A box designed to protect both your poetry and hope amidst all the storms, be they pandemic or hurricane. https://ourblueboat.org/2024/10/18/the-poetry-box/