Best Tsunami Poems
volcano erupts
beachside village in peril --
monster 'neath the waves
water wall rises
tsunami washes ashore --
souls float on blue tide
*For Rick's "Flowing Water" Haiku Contest
Tsunami, the killer waves.........
When the news of tsunami came crashing to me
my heart felt with sorrow and was reckless insane
Unbearable to see our beautiful villages and towns
were destroyed and left our dreams empty and drained
Can we wash away our tears running down
when the killer tsunami washed away our land
Can we walk through the beach sand again
where our loving children were taken away by tsunami
Can we hold the sea moans its hunger and prey
while stealing our souls in the depth of our loving hearts
Can we put this blame on our Lord who is our saviour
while arrogant ocean struck down us with flint
Can we scold the nature that betrayed us
while thousand of lives did claim
Can we rise our lost loved ones again from the sea
when the ocean became calm
Is there neither any judgment nor courtrooms to argue
but God knows that the nature has won.
Ravi Sathasivam / Sri Lanka
All rights are reserved @ 2018 - Ravi Sathasivam
Astir the divining of earth.
The sea is alive and gives birth.The sand gives a sigh
And waves are so high.
The beaches all filled up with dearth.
A freak — oh its mock and its girth.
The tsunami cursed all its worth.Some beachcombers die,
As rest of them cry.
The island deprived of its mirth.
Blazing hot sweats rolled down my back,
A cloudless sky was at reach from my palm’s view,
My eyes centered on the sun as it stood above my head.
Summer’s end sneaked around the corner,
But its endless heat
Fooled me to think it would never cease.
Milky sand grains covered my toes,
Beach balls rolled back n’ forth,
Children’s castle were made and later destroyed,
Clear waters waved in my thoughts.
It was suppose to be a beautiful day
And until that moment, indeed it was.
The moment the earth shook,
Loud voices suddenly began to rise
And Footsteps tumbled the ground,
I looked around
Right, left, up, down,
Where had the commotion come from?
The sun blinded me from the truth,
When the photons in my eyes reassembled the image,
A shock traveled to my heart
Making it pump furiously in my chest.
A desert ahead of me laid,
Content faces had ran from my presence,
The air dragged my body forward,
The ocean rapidly seemed to disappear.
I looked upon the never ending horizon
And its line had ascended greatly.
In that moment,
I refused to run like all the others,
I refused to avoid its magnificent moves.
The winds pushed me backwards with a tremendous force,
Sprinkles of icy water splashed against my skin,
A great calamity I was bound to face.
Shadows covered the surface of my dread,
An enormous wall of wetness surrounded me.
And with a blink, I was no longer visible to the eyes of men,
Not even God could spot me from the heavens above.
I gasped for air in the salty waters of the ocean,
But there was none to be found,
And with that last thought in mind
I drowned myself in its eternal beauty.
Who can withstand the force of nature,
When conflicting powers oppose?
Hidden energy ignites
Shocking earth’s row of plates
Shoving them aside
Propels great sea
Unrestrained
Express
Death
~*~
03/12/11
As you read this, please say a prayer for the people of Japan
that the ones who survived will have the strength and courage
to go on after this harrowing experience.
Tsunami
People watching
Small waves rolling,
Sea birds chatter
Seeking shelter,
Tsunami approaching
Island sanctuary.
People fleeing
Water smashing,
Buildings leveled
Trees uprooted,
Bodies floating
Out to sea.
Tsunami!
Survivors
Counting
Blessings.
My heart cries for thousands and thousands of people
those who perished in the earthquake-spawned waves;
known as tsunami, the worst natural disaster
that caused tons and tons of deaths across Asian countries.
It’s a great tragedy, a giant blow to humanity,
with its repercussions to all spheres of life –
a wake-up call, an immediate response
that needs to be attended to and done forthwith.
Global mourning takes its course in every nation,
particularly in these countries of Asia where –
Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka are faced with difficulties;
in coping with destructions, tragedies, and other commotions
indeed, an urgent call that needs an international attention.
In four decades this catastrophe has ceased its wrath,
but after that starts another episode, so terrifying
that people who are caught up in that mere situation
can solemnly declare and profess their fears.
Oh, Mother Nature! at times we don’t know
your reactions that cause pandemonium,
tragedy, destruction, sorrow, and pain to all
like this one, a very strong and powerful disaster.
However, across the world, people show their compassion
with their unwavering generosity that floods in all levels
it’s an illustration that we’re humans with caring behaviors
to all those who’re afflicted and severely hit by this phenomenon.
I can’t imagine how the world mobilizes and responds
showing their love and concern to these people in pain
loss of lives, heart brokenness, and other misfortunes;
these generate an answer to be mindful of them in many ways.
I see the unprecedented generosity that rolls in every land,
institutions and other organizations make a collaboration
in what is conceived and put into action: fund raising,
charity, and pledges of thousands of donors.
Horrific media images shown in television channels,
are remarkable pointers for reflection and yet an invitation;
for someone who needs conversion and a return to church call,
that life can be as quick as those giant waves that killed many people.
It’s a theological reflection which embraces human sufferings,
Like a pathway to profound invocation, faith and trust in Him;
Oh God, our source of strength and goal to fulfill this portion
Where we unite ourselves to all those who’re in afflictions.
sea draws back a breath
shore disappears out of view
to spew forth its puke
Hades*, some have decided to enrich, with
The souls of the poor**
For
The mighty greedy people of this world, may
Preserve their fortunes!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
19 July 2015
* Pluto, the Underworld
**One, for better to evaluate this Epigram, should have
a look at my poem “ Greek Tragedy” posted on the 15 of July.
There I present a number of facts, concerning the financial crisis
of Greece. The facts are also presented by BBC today.
Here I only mention the confirmed 10.000 suicides that
took place in Greece the last five years. To the memory of those
people, I dedicate this poem.
Awesome spectacle
Lethal in a split second
Sea to Tsunami
Muddy Brown
Scarecrow Scattered
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Echoes Abstract
Metal Mouth
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Fire Hunger
Liquid Passion
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Ashy Sorrow
Tattered Faith
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Hopeful Breath
Stubborn Love
**Prompt: Describe yourself in exactly 20 words
Title credit to Conor Jordan
Poem written: 13th of July 2013
Tsunami
Wall of water,
As high as the clouds,
An uncontrollable force,
Destroying crops and buildings.
Poseidon’s fist,
Neptune’s rage,
Hades’ dream,
Demeter’s nightmare.
Sweeping through cities,
Leaving a path of destruction,
Howling and smashing,
Burying with rubble.
This is powerful,
This is violent,
This is life shattering......
This is a Tsunami.
Ocean bed quivers quakes
Predator waves race to shores
Devour men material
receding tide. . .
darkened sea with
much debris
Note:
I live in Hawaii and wanted to let everyone know that our Tsunami warning has been
lifted and we were blessed with no damage. Our prayers go out to those in Chile.
“TSUNAMI”
May we had been prescient of the disaster,
The ocean with anger gave a bite bitter;
On this day some years back,
Every heart witnessed pain’s track;
Water is our life, our source,
That day it brutally changed its course;
Dead bodies everywhere found in stalk,
Even the peaceful evening not survived with walk;
It had the power to thrash the base,
No one wants to return back in that phase;
The buildings which were world famous,
That moment nothing there to call it glamorous;
Japanese were the first to give it name,
TSUNAMI got its globally known fame;
Be it India, Sri Lanka or Indonesia,
Water that minute had only single agenda;
First time then I sensed brotherhood,
People came to help, whatever they could;
When the ocean came to segregate,
The whole world stood not to enervate;
It imparted a lesson that day,
We harm environment, soon we have doomsday;
Let’s help to maintain ecological balance,
Every act to sustainable development we have to commence;
Though we lived, we got saved,
Biosphere told to protect, walk the way it paved;
Contamination will lead to retaliation,
Mother Earth seems to be on verge of frustration;
Join hands with wildlife, forestry and nature,
Build up present to have better future;
Tear apart every sinister from society,
Taste the environment, say no more to calamity.