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Tropical Haiku

anticlockwise winds low atmospheric pressure tropical cyclone Written 25th September 2018.

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Valsa George

Date: 6/2/2022 5:14:00 AM

Cyclones occur more frequently, these days ! You have analysed the scientific reason for it ! Well written haiku....

Tom Cunningham
Date: 6/2/2022 11:08:00 AM

Thank you very much Valsa, thankfully we don't have them here. Tom

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 11/27/2018 7:22:00 AM

Nice description...you have our heads churning in your direction.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/27/2018 12:32:00 PM

Thank you Kim, have only seen them on TV, wouldn't fancy being too close. Tom.

Susan Ashley

Date: 10/8/2018 1:40:00 PM

Your imagery is devastatingly beautiful, Tom. I love the movement and energy in this haiku. Warmest wishes always.. ~Susan

Tom Cunningham
Date: 10/8/2018 2:07:00 PM

Thank you Susan, they are indeed devastating, mother nature at her worst. Tom.

Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 9/28/2018 10:59:00 AM

I've experienced a couple of those devastating cyclones and this tropical haiku is on point! Excellent write, my friend! Hugs Pandita

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/28/2018 11:28:00 AM

Thanks Pandita, it must have been terryfying for you, I've only seen them on TV, they are devastating. Tom

Nette Onclaud

Date: 9/27/2018 2:01:00 PM

more tropical cyclones coming in tempestuous rolls, tom...marvelous write.. huggs

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/27/2018 3:20:00 PM

Thank you Nette, thankfully I've never experienced one in real life only seen them on TV. I've soupmailed you. Tom

Pashang Salehi

Date: 9/27/2018 12:30:00 AM

If it clockwise then becomes anticyclone...interesting, isn't it.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/27/2018 1:20:00 AM

It is Pashang, our extreme weather, although devastating is fascinating too. Tom

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/26/2018 3:20:00 PM

Yep, that is it, Tom!! (I'm glad i am not in the eye of a tropical storm!!)

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/26/2018 11:10:00 PM

Me too Andrea, so sad when you watch TV and see the devastation it leaves in its wake, people losing everything they own. The power of notice nature should never be under estimated. Tom

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 9/26/2018 7:07:00 AM

You had me at the first word, a new one for me which is sweet; nice one.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/26/2018 7:52:00 AM

Thank you very much Caren Tom

Silent One

Date: 9/25/2018 1:33:00 PM

Great ku... sounds stormy!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/25/2018 1:47:00 PM

Thanks S.O. , tropics are paradise but saw the after math of one of these in Dominica, the devastation was unbelievable. Tom

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 9/25/2018 12:36:00 PM

I felt it today dear, Tom here in Greece and tomorrow the winds will get stronger! Brilliant Haiku my friend!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/25/2018 1:14:00 PM

Thank you Demetrios ,Yes I heard the winds would increase tomorrow, its getting breezy here now. Tom

Vijay Pandit

Date: 9/25/2018 7:25:00 AM

The first two lines evoke the onset of the third..well articulated, Tom.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/25/2018 8:36:00 AM

Thank you Vijay, a horrific experience for sure, to have to ride out one of these storms', a high price to pay for living there. Tom

Winged Warrior

Date: 9/25/2018 6:50:00 AM

Nice place to visit...not sure about living there lol...none the less, it's the haiku tropics...great write Tom...love & tropics...^WW^

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/25/2018 8:33:00 AM

Thanks WW, they look beautiful in pictures with palm trees and white sands but the weather, when it kicks off is something else. Tom

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/24/2018 8:57:00 PM

Love all the torquing in this image! Awesome, Tom!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/24/2018 9:06:00 PM

Thank you Kim when tropical weather is at its worst its devastating,I have seen the devestation it leaves in its wake. Tom