STORM IS ABREWING

This is a Tanka Poem. Green dragons are extinct but not within this Tanka.

Storm is abrewing

Building up fiery hot air

Dragon in disguise

Flapping its green veiny wings

Making geese fly home backwards 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Despite this being very short, you've managed to paint such unusual word portraits that really sing! I love the reference to a green dragon, as I've heard tornado weather in the Midwest has a "greenish" tinge. What I like most is the way you've carried each of these images to the extreme, so they barely resemble "weather" anymore . . . but still very apt descriptions of a wild storm abrewing! The final line shows the utmost of imagination, geese flying backwards. I just love when a writer goes outside the dots of what's expected in such descriptions!

[GreenShoes]

Hi Sonia, I did an entire collection of Tanka poems on Wattpad for the purpose of breaking myself of the habit of rhyming. It ended up being a much more enjoyable experience than I thought it would be. I love this poem you did here. Haha, that last line is funny. :)

[GalaxyGhost]

My favorite line is "dragon in disguise" which is so perfect in describing an oncoming storm. Whatever that storm may be, a person or literally a rainstorm, that line could describe it.