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Friday, 6 November 2015

After Sidney (cloud tsunami)



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First #tornados in Melbourne, now cloud #tsunamis in Sydney. Australian weather: you are terrifying! #sydneystorm
: image by Robbi Bishop-Taylor @robbibt, 6 November 2015


the cold peach smudge sunset

no red sails
she had rather a wife be
in the blood
audible automotive rumble
tail lights
gears grinding down
rushing up the hill
winter nights enlarge
in winds or waters streams
require to be writ
cloud tsunamis
unto no body
these be her woordes


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Frightening. #Cloudtsunami: image by Cameron Christensen @Cameron7S, 6 November 2015

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#BondiBeach #cloudtsunami #Bondi #australia #cloud #rain #weather: image via Proto Thema English @eprotothema, 6 November 2015

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Spot the @Qantas plane flying through heavy rain? #Cloudtsunami Photo: David Gray/@Reuters: image by The Times Pictures @Times Pictures, 6 November 2015

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Haven't you seen #Cloudtsunami yet #Australia #BondiBeach #sydneystorm #Sydney: image by Gosur Maps @gosur_maps, 6 November 2015

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BEWARE: A huge storm is coming... #ShelfStorm #cloudtsunami: image by Daily Star @Daily Star, 6 November 2015

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WATCH: #Cloudtsunami forms off Bondi Beach in Sydney: image by Newstalk 106-108fm @NewstalkFM, 6 November 2015

88/365 | by eugevon

Day 88 of 365. Looking west from hills above Berkeley at sunset: image via Eugene Chan, 15 September 2015

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Peaceful pastels tonight, @berkeleyside
: image via Avram Goldstein @newsdoc, 28 October 2015

A river gull flies over reflection of a Gazela (Gazelle) bridge on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Weather forecasts predict good weather conditions in Serbia for upcoming days

A river gull flies over reflection of a Gazela (Gazelle) bridge on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday: photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP, 6 November 2015

A river gull flies over reflection of a Gazela (Gazelle) bridge on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Weather forecasts predict good weather conditions in Serbia for upcoming days

A river gull flies over reflection of a Gazela (Gazelle) bridge on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday: photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP, 6 November 2015

4 comments:

Mose23 said...

Wonderful poem, writ indelibly.

Love and other disasters.


We need a real rain to come soon.

tpw said...

Terrific poem, Tom. Nature red in tooth & claw, and equally scary when wet.

vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras) said...

Can't help but admire the poem but also the Aussies who rush to fiddle with their iPhones to record Mother Nature at her best--or should that be worst?

TC said...

The open question. You talking to me?

"You want to see something really fascinating?"

"You think I can't do it? You dare me?"

Jessie's Girl