Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith

I read Poems Excerpted From 'Blood Dazzler' by Patricia Smith. The four poems that I read were all about hurricane Katrina. I've chosen to focus on one story called Up On the Roof. Up On the Roof is about Smith and her family waiting of the roof of their house to be rescued from Katrina. One thing a really like about this poem is that the author used great word choice. Instead of using a word like beg she uses the word beseech.
Another thing that I really thought brought this poem to life was that I felt I was there with the author when she was telling the story because of the way she uses all of the descriptive words. She also uses present tense which contributes to making it feel like I'm with Patricia Smith. She also does I great job of indirectly telling her audience that their are many others doing the same thing her family had to do by standing on their roof. Another thing that makes this poem exceptional is the hint of dialogue when she says "When are they coming to save us?" because it's just enough dialogue for the audience to know of Smith is so distraught that someone may never find their family standing atop their roof.