raging against death
and sequestered
by turbulent darkness—
I seek peace and refuge
in the eye of the storm
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Author Notes
As far as we can tell, there are only two people on record that claim to have been in the center of a tornado and lived. They were both farmers. The first man was Will Keller, from Greensburg, Kansas.
On June 22, 1928, Mr. Keller was checking out the damage to his wheat crop. He spotted a tornado heading his way. Keller rushed his family to their storm cellar and decided to take another look. Once inside the swirling cloud, Keller said that everything was "as still as death." When he looked up, he saw the circular opening directly overhead. The rotating cloud walls were clearly visible by constant bursts of lightning.
The second account 1951 was from Roy Hall, a soybean farmer from McKinney, Texas, who had a similar experience. He heard a loud rumbling followed by complete silence. The same storm killed 100 Texans, but Hall and his family survived. for more information click here
Jisei are Japanese -- death poems
Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem with 31 syllables arranged in five lines; English tanka is 31 syllables or LESS because Japanese and English syllables are different. Tanka originated in the 6th century at the Japanese Imperial Court where lovers exchanged tanka poems for each other after a night of passionate lovemaking. With contemporary tanka the topic varies.
Usually, the third line transitions from the descriptive and image-focused beginning lines into a reflective metaphor, simile, or personification for the closing lines. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love. click here if you want to read modern tanka examples === click here to read Tanka Society of America === click here if you want to read modern tanka rules
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