For the love of haiku – nowaki
Again Chevrefeuille has posted a fascinating challenge on Carpe Diem.
The nowaki is a kind of windstorm. The name means ‘field dividing wind’ and describes they way it forms a path through fields of crops.
The following is my haiku on this destructive wind.
The nowaki roars;
paths of flattened stalks appear;
silence follows.
e a m harris 
In this instance, the calm comes after the storm; wonderfully written!
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Thank you for your comment. For all I know there may be a moment of calm before as well, but it would be less noticed.
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It is a baiting piece.
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An interesting observation.
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Quite a lot of destructiveness in that wind
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That is how I imagined it. Thank you for your comment.
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Wonderfully composed haiku. Thanks.
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Thank you for both suggesting the prompt and for your comment.
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After such a roar, the silence can be deafening!
Howling Autumn Wind
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So true.
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the silence is so loud after a storm…
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I agree. It’s as if it’s trying to compensate for the noise.
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I’ve seen that kind of devastation after tornadoes in the Midwest when I was a young child. It’s frightening!
After the Windstorm
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It must be. Also upsetting to think of all the farmer’s work destroyed in a few minutes. Thank you for sharing your experience.
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