in Aneyoshi <br />ancient tsunami warning <br />tablet stones <br /> <br />stand warning <br />across centuries <br /> <br />earthquake tsunamis <br />will strike <br />in swift shock waves <br /> <br />Yuto Kimura heard <br /> <br />soft whispers <br />wise carved sacred <br />warning words <br /> <br />stone whispers <br />tsunami warnings <br />centuries passings <br /> <br />in Aneyoshi <br />everybody knew heard <br />about stone markers <br /> <br />children studied <br />earthquakes tsunamis <br />warnings <br /> <br />in honoured school <br /> <br />villagers guided <br />visitors to markers <br />wise warnings <br /> <br />near their homes <br /> <br />in Aneyoshi <br />when the tsunami <br />comes mothers <br /> <br />take their children <br />from honoured school <br />whole village climbs <br /> <br />to higher grounds <br />flees risk earthquakes <br />flees to safe grounds <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stone-whispers-tsunami-warnings-centuries-passings/
