English 9
poetry: on 3/11/11
Far above the
clouds
Where the world
cannot reach me,
Silence pierce
the nights.
All is still but
the wind blows.
I wait, though
no soul will arrive.
Marika Anderson
Deep in a canyon,
The sunlight
does not reach here.
The water is
cold.
The walls tower
far, far above.
Rocks are slick
with the water.
Dominique Blackmun
Watching
Frantic
newscasters
Tell me about
the earthquake.
People flee in
fear
As a tsunami
flows through.
I wish I could
help the people.
Sofia Bosch
The Sky is
Falling, The World is Crumbling
Surrounding
laughter,
Grumbling
shaking monsters,
Buildings
collapsing,
We cherish every
moment
Before it
crumbles away.
Mona Clappier
3/11/11
In
the middle of March
the ground shook in anger.
things dropped.
family grew closer together.
cannot avoid earthquakes.
Would I ever see them again?
Mika Dwyer
Hours on the bus.
Worry filling my very being.
Seeing them once more-
Family. Would it be possible?
I want to see them again.
Stomach growling loud.
We would not stop for food now.
We might miss a light.
That would let us get back home.
But hours would pass. Nothing.
Timothy Fogarty
In class zoning out,
Japan sneezes and shivers;
Pens roll back and forth.
Everyone ducks and whispers.
It’s affected most up north.
All alone I stand.
No phone service is working.
Sweating and nervous,
Pressing buttons on dead cell,
Searching my heart for some hope.
My dad is in a foreign land.
Family miles away.
Terrible fortune,
I am all alone and stray.
Mom is alone in Chiba.
Cannot return home.
Trains go by in commotion.
Got nowhere to go.
Alone, desperate, and starved,
Silent tears stream down my cheek.
Tsunami of tears,
Waiting for a miracle.
Heart jumps wild and free.
Everyone cries around me.
Japan, God bless you!
Lahari Gorantla
Never Stops
Everything
shaking.
“What is
happening?” we ask.
“Earthquake!”
they yell back.
We hide until
shaking stops.
But it never
really stops.
No Contact
Zero bars, no
phone.
What about my
family?
Just sitting,
waiting,
Inching through
traffic all night.
Will I return
home again?
Jayne Harris
The beautiful
sea,
I stand and
watch it draw back,
Such a serene
view.
The waves
waiting to attack,
An evil masked
in beauty.
Our planet
Earth.
It shakes under
our cities,
Tired of human
beings,
Abusing
everything,
Not stopping at
the surface.
I stare at my
glass.
I fill it with
water,
Move it back and
forth.
Small waves like
a tsunami,
To believe both
are water.
Jennifer Higa
3/11
Friday
Japan shakes just like it sneezed.
houses crash; people scream.
people support one another,
feel the love from everyone.
Nuclear plant explodes.
T.V shows the
tragedy.
Around me
nothing changes.
Sara Ishibashi
The earthquake
arrived.
We dived under
the small desks.
Shaking with the
ground.
Fear and worries
filled our minds,
Praying to God
we’re okay.
Len Kamemoto
Tsunami
appeared.
Ate many people
to death.
Living or dying,
Living people
screamed and cried,
Dying people
dreamed of life.
Ordinary day,
Instantly
changed with a blink.
Ground moved and
things fell.
People fell in a
great panic.
Can’t forget
this worst school day.
My child is
missing,
Words I heard
from a mother
Looking for her
child,
Wishing her
child alive
After two years passed
away.
Hiyori Kobayashi
The world is
breaking down.
Thunder, coming
from the ground.
Running out of
class,
Kids shivering
from the cold,
Teardrops
falling from their eyes.
Rey Matsunaga
The skies were
spotless,
And the sun
shone bright .
The birds were
chirping,
And no one saw
it coming.
The lights above
shook,
And the ground
below cracked.
The air stood
still ,
And the world
went black.
The devastation
wasn't over,
And it hasn't
even begun.
The waves
clashed ashore,
And overwashed
the little towns.
The waters had
no mercy,
And left no one
to tell the tale.
The atmosphere
clung with death,
And the cries
were left unanswered.
The skies were
spotless,
And the sun
shone bright.
The birds were
chirping,
And no one saw
it coming.
Sachie Mochido
Almost time to
leave,
Until I feel
some shaking.
To the field we
go,
Waiting in cool
windy air.
What will happen
to us now?
Riding on the
bus,
Stuck in
traffic; what to eat?
McDonalds we
find,
Thirty people
getting off,
Seven hours- way
too long.
Finally at home.
Mother, Father,
in the room.
Happy to see me.
A few things
have fallen down.
Glad I am to be
alive.
Maia Ohiro
Washed
Fear in people’s
eyes
Grows as waves
cause destruction.
Memories washed.
Who knew water
brought evil?
Only the path of
hope remains.
Maya Onuma
Viciously
Shaking,
Sudden
annihilation.
Hard months to
come,
Embracing
devastation.
Helpless legions
of people.
Tyler Sapsford
Tidal waves come
in.
The people run
for their lives.
Children scream
with fear,
As their houses
wash away,
Along with their
happiness.
Sakiko Toriya
I wake up to
find
A tragedy in
the news.
Lives lost
forever,
engraved into
history.
Life is not
perpetual.
Kenta Yaegashi
Friday
afternoon,
Giant earthquake
strikes the island.
Just moments
later,
roaring noise of
titanic wave
demolishing
everything.
Kenji Yoshii