Poems of the Week

Slowstorm

by Alex Steelsmith

“[Hurricane] Debby was moving so slowly, Olympians could have outrun it…
What causes hurricanes to stall?”
The Conversation

Whirlingly, swirlingly,
tropical hurricanes
have the potential to
dawdle and stall;

sometimes, although it sounds
counterintuitive,
hurricanes aren’t in a
hurry at all.