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Hurricane Haiyan -

Roaring
Lightening
Smashing
Wasting
Roaring, lightening blue sky, blue ocean
Swishing, wasting men, houses, land.

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Weston Gregory

Date: 12/4/2013 9:24:00 AM

i feel the intensity... good piece

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 11/22/2013 5:38:00 PM

You've captured an awful moment well, in these few words.

Donna Jones

Date: 11/19/2013 7:44:00 PM

Described devestation well with few words..pray all is well with you Dr...

Victoria Anderson-Throop

Date: 11/19/2013 3:20:00 PM

Magnetic and forceful....I like the way the last line leaves the emotions until the last 4 words

Jay Loveless

Date: 11/18/2013 8:37:00 PM

Good write. . .I often stood in the eye of the hurricane, feeling its power around me, waiting for it to strike. Filled with a beautifully dangerous anticipation.

The Situation

Date: 11/18/2013 7:59:00 PM

yeah that was in your neiborhood.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/18/2013 4:11:00 PM

good one!! Is this the one that was in the Philippines recently? I don'T watch much news so I don't remember what name they gave it.

Brian Cosgrove

Date: 11/18/2013 3:34:00 PM

Well written my friend -but how do you describe hell on earth - you did wel lBrian

S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri

Date: 11/18/2013 12:51:00 PM

Wow a storming cracking good huricane poem! Remarkable style. Thanx dr. Mehta

Carrie Richards

Date: 11/18/2013 10:15:00 AM

Let us not forget them......continue helping in any way we can. Thank you for this reminder, Dr. Ram. The more words we speak of it.......perhaps the more hearts will be stirred to help!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/18/2013 9:27:00 AM

A reminder of the passing of a terrible storm that has destroyed lives in its wake..Great work about the topic..Sara

Mark Peterson

Date: 11/18/2013 8:53:00 AM

Interesting form of poetry that packs qiute an impact. Your words summon images, sounds and feelings of the disaster very poignantly in just these few chosen words.