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Poem: Weather Haiku 1-2-24
These poems came out of the January 2, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. They were inspired by a prompt from scrubjayspeaks. They also fill the "West-Running Brook" square in my 1-1-24 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest. These poems have been sponsored by Anthony Barrette.
Warning: These poems are all about various types of violent weather and other natural disasters. If that's a touchy topic for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
Weather Haiku 1-2-24
kiri
suddenly the fog
conceals the west-running brook
until I fall in
* * *
arashi
a cold storm blows up,
bringing the wind and the rain --
I run for the house
* * *
raiu
the thunderstorm comes
without warning, rattling
the windows with rage
* * *
raikurai
with a flash and CRACK --
the once-mighty cedar tree
is stricken in two
* * *
nobi
on the horizon,
a red glow like sunset -- but
coming from the south
* * *
kasai
now the blaze has grown
so great it can make its own
weather -- firestorm
* * *
hi no tatsumaki
the flames are dancing,
twisting the wind around them:
fire tornado
* * *
kōzui
the rain falls and falls,
so the rivers rise and rise,
until the land floods
* * *
takashio
thunderclouds hover
over the ocean, dragging
it with them: storm surge
* * *
akashio
hot days and calm seas
the water turns pink, then dark:
red tide is running
* * *
michishio
plank by plank, the sea
slowly swallows the boardwalk:
high tide is coming
* * *
kōri wa tsukidashimasu
sea shoves ice ashore,
just like a restless sleeper
kicking off blankets
* * *
rōnin
the rogue wave wanders,
then when it finds its prey, it
strikes without warning
* * *
hikinami
a piece of driftwood
bobs -- then rushes away, caught
by the undertow
* * *
kachū
a swirl of white foam
points out where the ocean goes
down the drain: whirlpool
* * *
nadare
snow lies still and deep --
but then the mountain shrugs, and
an avalanche falls
* * *
mō fubuki
the snow screams and claws
at the house: Yuki-onna
on one of those days
* * *
kyokuuzu
the polar vortex
turns 'round and 'round like a wolf
circling its prey
* * *
unarigoe
the hailstorm hammers
the land, grinding rice like a
mortar and pestle
* * *
kanbatsu
nine weeks without rain:
all the rice in the paddies
dries and blows away
* * *
jisuberi
for no good reason
other than just gravity,
the hill slides away
* * *
doro-darake
just a little rain,
but it lasts for days until --
mud runs like water
* * *
otoshiana
the mountains crumble,
bit by bit giving way to
rockfall and rubble
* * *
kanpa
yesterday was warm;
today my breath steams and I
shiver in my coat
* * *
neppa
yesterday was cool;
today I'm sweating buckets
even in the shade
* * *
taifū
somewhere in the sea,
the storm coils itself like a
snake about to strike
* * *
sunaarashi
the wind picks up grit
and flings it along the ground,
sanding everything
* * *
reppū
the wind flogs the waves,
white foam flying as the ship
tosses in the troughs
* * *
kabunshō
golden pollen hangs
in the wind like silken scarves --
ACHOO! hayfever
* * *
tenki zenmen
life is like weather:
it seems calm, but everything
changes -- everything
* * *
Notes:
Haiku is a poetic form from Japan, written in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables.
Browse a list of severe weather phenomena.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_severe_weather_phenomena
霧
Kiri
fog
嵐
Arashi
storm
雷雨
Raiu
thunderstorm
落雷
Rakurai
lightning
Another evergreen tree being worshiped in Japan is cedar, or sugi. Those huge trees can often be found in Shinto shrines, with sugi lining the ways to some important places -- for instance, the Zuihoden Mausoleum of Date Masamune in Sendai and the grave of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Nikko. Sugi is a symbol of power and longevity that now refers more to the memory of once powerful samurai clans.
野火
Nobi
wildfire
火災
Kasai
firestorm
A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires. Although the term has been used to describe certain large fires, the phenomenon's determining characteristic is a fire with its own storm-force winds from every point of the compass towards the storm's center, where the air is heated and then ascends.
火の竜巻
Hi no tatsumaki
fire tornado
A fire whirl or fire devil (sometimes referred to as a fire tornado) is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind, often made visible by smoke, and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can contract a tornado-like vortex that sucks in debris and combustible gases.
洪水
Kōzui
flood
高潮
Takashio
storm surge
赤潮
Akashio
red tide
The word for red tide in Japanese is 赤潮 (Akashio).
Red tide is a phenomenon caused by algal blooms (Wikipedia definition) during which algae become so numerous that they discolor coastal waters (hence the name "red tide"). The algal bloom may also deplete oxygen in the waters and/or release toxins that may cause illness in humans and other animals. Species in the United States that release these harmful toxins include:
• Alexandrium fundyense - found along the Atlantic coast from the Canadian Maritimes to southern New England
• Alexandrium catenella - found along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska
• Karenia brevis - found in the Gulf of Mexico along the west coast of Florida
What Causes Red Tide?
Major factors influencing red tide events include warm ocean surface temperatures, low salinity, high nutrient content, calm seas, and rain followed by sunny days during the summer months (NOAA). In addition, algae related to red tide can spread or be carried long distances by winds, currents, storms, or ships.
満潮
Michishio
high tide
氷は突き出します
Kōri wa tsukidashimasu
ice shove
An ice shove (also known as Fast ice, an ice surge, ice push, ice heave, shoreline ice pileup, ice piling, ice thrust, ice tsunami,[1] ice ride-up, or ivu in Inupiat) is a surge of ice from an ocean or large lake onto the shore. Ice shoves are caused by ocean currents, strong winds, or temperature differences pushing ice onto the shore, creating piles up to 12 metres (40 feet) high. Ice shoves can be caused by temperature fluctuations, wind action, or changing water levels and can cause devastation to coastal Arctic communities.
The word rōnin is usually translated to 'drifter' or 'wanderer'; however, per kanji, rō (浪) means "wave" (as in body of water) or "unrestrained", while nin (人) means "man" or "person". It is an idiomatic expression for 'vagrant' or 'wandering man', someone who finds the way without belonging to one place. The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it referred to a serf who had fled or deserted his master's land. In medieval times, the Ronin were depicted as the shadows of samurai, master-less and less honorable. It then came to be used for a samurai who had no master (hence the term 'wave man' illustrating one who is socially adrift).
Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are unusually large, unpredictable, and suddenly appearing surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses.
引き波【ひきなみ hikinami 】引波
backwash; rip current; undertow ➜ 寄せ波
stern wave
drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
押し波【おしなみ oshinami 】押波
leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough)
https://tangorin.com/words?search=%E6%8A%BC%E3%81%97%E6%B3%A2
渦中
Kachū
whirlpool, vortex, eddy
雪崩
Nadare
avalanche
猛吹雪
mō fubuki
blizzard
Yuki-onna (雪女, lit. 'snow woman') is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore that is often depicted in Japanese literature, films, or animation.
極渦
Kyokuuzu
polar vortex
A circumpolar vortex, or simply polar vortex, is a large region of cold, rotating air; polar vortices encircle both of Earth's polar regions.
うなり声
Unarigoe
hailstorm
干ばつ
Kanbatsu
drought
地滑り
Jisuberi
landslide
泥だらけ
Doro-darake
mudslide
落とし穴
Otoshiana
rockfall
寒波
Kanpa
cold wave
熱波
Neppa
heat wave
台風
Taifū
typhoon, hurricane
砂嵐
Sunaarashi
sandstorm
烈風
Reppū
gale, strong wind
竜巻
Tatsumaki
tornado
花粉症
Kabunshō
hayfever
天気前面
Tenki zenmen
weather front
scrubjayspeaks. They also fill the "West-Running Brook" square in my 1-1-24 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest. These poems have been sponsored by Anthony Barrette.Warning: These poems are all about various types of violent weather and other natural disasters. If that's a touchy topic for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
Weather Haiku 1-2-24
kiri
suddenly the fog
conceals the west-running brook
until I fall in
* * *
arashi
a cold storm blows up,
bringing the wind and the rain --
I run for the house
* * *
raiu
the thunderstorm comes
without warning, rattling
the windows with rage
* * *
raikurai
with a flash and CRACK --
the once-mighty cedar tree
is stricken in two
* * *
nobi
on the horizon,
a red glow like sunset -- but
coming from the south
* * *
kasai
now the blaze has grown
so great it can make its own
weather -- firestorm
* * *
hi no tatsumaki
the flames are dancing,
twisting the wind around them:
fire tornado
* * *
kōzui
the rain falls and falls,
so the rivers rise and rise,
until the land floods
* * *
takashio
thunderclouds hover
over the ocean, dragging
it with them: storm surge
* * *
akashio
hot days and calm seas
the water turns pink, then dark:
red tide is running
* * *
michishio
plank by plank, the sea
slowly swallows the boardwalk:
high tide is coming
* * *
kōri wa tsukidashimasu
sea shoves ice ashore,
just like a restless sleeper
kicking off blankets
* * *
rōnin
the rogue wave wanders,
then when it finds its prey, it
strikes without warning
* * *
hikinami
a piece of driftwood
bobs -- then rushes away, caught
by the undertow
* * *
kachū
a swirl of white foam
points out where the ocean goes
down the drain: whirlpool
* * *
nadare
snow lies still and deep --
but then the mountain shrugs, and
an avalanche falls
* * *
mō fubuki
the snow screams and claws
at the house: Yuki-onna
on one of those days
* * *
kyokuuzu
the polar vortex
turns 'round and 'round like a wolf
circling its prey
* * *
unarigoe
the hailstorm hammers
the land, grinding rice like a
mortar and pestle
* * *
kanbatsu
nine weeks without rain:
all the rice in the paddies
dries and blows away
* * *
jisuberi
for no good reason
other than just gravity,
the hill slides away
* * *
doro-darake
just a little rain,
but it lasts for days until --
mud runs like water
* * *
otoshiana
the mountains crumble,
bit by bit giving way to
rockfall and rubble
* * *
kanpa
yesterday was warm;
today my breath steams and I
shiver in my coat
* * *
neppa
yesterday was cool;
today I'm sweating buckets
even in the shade
* * *
taifū
somewhere in the sea,
the storm coils itself like a
snake about to strike
* * *
sunaarashi
the wind picks up grit
and flings it along the ground,
sanding everything
* * *
reppū
the wind flogs the waves,
white foam flying as the ship
tosses in the troughs
* * *
kabunshō
golden pollen hangs
in the wind like silken scarves --
ACHOO! hayfever
* * *
tenki zenmen
life is like weather:
it seems calm, but everything
changes -- everything
* * *
Notes:
Haiku is a poetic form from Japan, written in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables.
Browse a list of severe weather phenomena.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_severe_weather_phenomena
霧
Kiri
fog
嵐
Arashi
storm
雷雨
Raiu
thunderstorm
落雷
Rakurai
lightning
Another evergreen tree being worshiped in Japan is cedar, or sugi. Those huge trees can often be found in Shinto shrines, with sugi lining the ways to some important places -- for instance, the Zuihoden Mausoleum of Date Masamune in Sendai and the grave of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Nikko. Sugi is a symbol of power and longevity that now refers more to the memory of once powerful samurai clans.
野火
Nobi
wildfire
火災
Kasai
firestorm
A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires and wildfires. Although the term has been used to describe certain large fires, the phenomenon's determining characteristic is a fire with its own storm-force winds from every point of the compass towards the storm's center, where the air is heated and then ascends.
火の竜巻
Hi no tatsumaki
fire tornado
A fire whirl or fire devil (sometimes referred to as a fire tornado) is a whirlwind induced by a fire and often (at least partially) composed of flame or ash. These start with a whirl of wind, often made visible by smoke, and may occur when intense rising heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can contract a tornado-like vortex that sucks in debris and combustible gases.
洪水
Kōzui
flood
高潮
Takashio
storm surge
赤潮
Akashio
red tide
The word for red tide in Japanese is 赤潮 (Akashio).
Red tide is a phenomenon caused by algal blooms (Wikipedia definition) during which algae become so numerous that they discolor coastal waters (hence the name "red tide"). The algal bloom may also deplete oxygen in the waters and/or release toxins that may cause illness in humans and other animals. Species in the United States that release these harmful toxins include:
• Alexandrium fundyense - found along the Atlantic coast from the Canadian Maritimes to southern New England
• Alexandrium catenella - found along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska
• Karenia brevis - found in the Gulf of Mexico along the west coast of Florida
What Causes Red Tide?
Major factors influencing red tide events include warm ocean surface temperatures, low salinity, high nutrient content, calm seas, and rain followed by sunny days during the summer months (NOAA). In addition, algae related to red tide can spread or be carried long distances by winds, currents, storms, or ships.
満潮
Michishio
high tide
氷は突き出します
Kōri wa tsukidashimasu
ice shove
An ice shove (also known as Fast ice, an ice surge, ice push, ice heave, shoreline ice pileup, ice piling, ice thrust, ice tsunami,[1] ice ride-up, or ivu in Inupiat) is a surge of ice from an ocean or large lake onto the shore. Ice shoves are caused by ocean currents, strong winds, or temperature differences pushing ice onto the shore, creating piles up to 12 metres (40 feet) high. Ice shoves can be caused by temperature fluctuations, wind action, or changing water levels and can cause devastation to coastal Arctic communities.
The word rōnin is usually translated to 'drifter' or 'wanderer'; however, per kanji, rō (浪) means "wave" (as in body of water) or "unrestrained", while nin (人) means "man" or "person". It is an idiomatic expression for 'vagrant' or 'wandering man', someone who finds the way without belonging to one place. The term originated in the Nara and Heian periods, when it referred to a serf who had fled or deserted his master's land. In medieval times, the Ronin were depicted as the shadows of samurai, master-less and less honorable. It then came to be used for a samurai who had no master (hence the term 'wave man' illustrating one who is socially adrift).
Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are unusually large, unpredictable, and suddenly appearing surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses.
引き波【ひきなみ hikinami 】引波
backwash; rip current; undertow ➜ 寄せ波
stern wave
drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
押し波【おしなみ oshinami 】押波
leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough)
https://tangorin.com/words?search=%E6%8A%BC%E3%81%97%E6%B3%A2
渦中
Kachū
whirlpool, vortex, eddy
雪崩
Nadare
avalanche
猛吹雪
mō fubuki
blizzard
Yuki-onna (雪女, lit. 'snow woman') is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore that is often depicted in Japanese literature, films, or animation.
極渦
Kyokuuzu
polar vortex
A circumpolar vortex, or simply polar vortex, is a large region of cold, rotating air; polar vortices encircle both of Earth's polar regions.
うなり声
Unarigoe
hailstorm
干ばつ
Kanbatsu
drought
地滑り
Jisuberi
landslide
泥だらけ
Doro-darake
mudslide
落とし穴
Otoshiana
rockfall
寒波
Kanpa
cold wave
熱波
Neppa
heat wave
台風
Taifū
typhoon, hurricane
砂嵐
Sunaarashi
sandstorm
烈風
Reppū
gale, strong wind
竜巻
Tatsumaki
tornado
花粉症
Kabunshō
hayfever
天気前面
Tenki zenmen
weather front