Comments on: Tornado http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/ The Poetry of Nicole Nicholson Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-682 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:35:08 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-682 Thank you, Anthony.

-Nicole

]]> By: anthonynorth http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-651 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:32:25 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-651 Terrible things, tornadoes. We get the occasional one here in the UK, but they’re minute compared to some places.
You describe the effects well.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-649 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:19:42 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-649 Thanks everyone…

Lirone: to be fair, “make hay of something” may not be a better-known expression. It means to destroy something or render it ineffective or useless.

-Nicole

]]> By: Now « Words that sing http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-642 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:57:50 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-642 [...] came across a new (to me) form today on Nicole Nicholson’s blog Raven’s Wing Poetry – this poem is a fib chain- the syllable count in each stanza is 1,1,2,3,5,8. And by a delightful [...]

]]> By: lirone http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-618 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:35:28 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-618 This works well – particularly the first verse which is very powerful. “it made hay” didn’t quite fit for me as I associate it with something positive – making hay while the sun shines. Blue sky roofs is great phrase to describe this kind of destruction.

]]> By: Noah http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-612 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:41:21 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-612 Great work!

]]> By: Michelle Johnson http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/07/17/tornado/#comment-611 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:27:29 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-611 Tornadoes are to be feared, certainly. I hate it when we get high winds here because we are out in the open more. I can fully relate to these fibs you’ve written. Nice job. Have a nice day.

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