Saturday, March 12

Tsunami Haiku


adapted from Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis

1,300 gone
Swept  to sea by giant storm
Silence in their wake

Coast line washed away
Erased by strong hands of storm
Shifting Earth’s axis

Look up at the sky
Skyscrapers swaying like trees
in ferocious winds

Angry ocean rose
30 foot wall of water
swept through fields of rice

Tokyo in flux
Subways emptied, airport closed
Thousands long for home

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/world/asia/13japan.html?ref=global-home

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