Oklahoma, April 1936. Iconic photo taken by Arthur Rothstein.
I recently finished Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein. It sparked my interest in that time period, especially since that is when my grandfather deserted his family on the side of the road in Florida.
The prompt for PAD Day 10 was to write a deal poem. Mine is based on my recent readings.
The Hand Was Dealt
Displaced, depressed
Wandering the windswept plain
On dust bowl shattered dreams
Homeless, hungry
Pushed on by black blizzards
Forlorn figures on the road
Farms gone, families scattered
Despondent souls eroding
Through dust bowl shattered dreams
Not In This Soup Alone 
Your grandfather deserted his family? That alone deserves a story to be written.
Yes, I’ve been considering it for quite a while.
I like how you played off bowl with shattered.
Thanks, Sara, for reading and compliment.