Katrina

I found a poem about Katrina called "Up On the Roof Top" from the book Blood Dazzler, by PatriciaSmith. This poem was all about people staying on their roofs waiting to be rescued during this horrific flood. This poem made you feel like you were there on the roofs waiting for a helicopter.      The thing I liked most about this poem was the way the author made you think what they were thinking. He wrote about how they felt and how they wanted to protect their family.

When I read this poem I thought about what was happened in Baton Rouge. People’s houses got flooded. People lost everything. The part that reminded me the most about Baton Rouge was that people were on their roofs waiting to be rescued either by boat or by helicopter. We also cared about how America thought about us. Some of us were mad that none of this made national news. That was also talked about in the poem. This poem made you feel like it happened to you and that you lost everything. This was a very sad time for everyone affected by the hurricane.