Homework W/E 9/3/15 - Cyclone Marcia

[Shelley Hansen]

Good challenge Maureen! I looked at the number of lines and it's 13 - so I decided to add an extra one and turn my acrostic into a Shakespearean sonnet. Not sure it's my best effort, but this is what I came up with:

Cyclone Marcia

Crouching like a tiger off the coast
Yasi-like in her ferocity.
Category 5 – she is the most
Livid in her vexed velocity.
Outer islands listen in dismay.
News reports update repeatedly –
Etching lines across the path of day.
Minds accept the truth defeatedly.
Anastasia rallies with her speech –
Reinforcing calm, ostensibly.
Capricorn – from inland towns to beach
Instinct-guided, locked down sensibly.
Anxious as we play the waiting game …
wind cries Marcia! Marcia is my name!

[Maureen K Clifford]

Multi tasking Shelley? well done

[Cropduster]

Very nice, Shelly. Awaiting the attack of the 'couching tiger', locking down and playing the 'waiting game' pretty much sums up how people must have felt.

Allan

[alongtimegone]

Nicely done Shelley. Last line made me think of Paint Your Wagon and the song "They Call the Wind Maria.
wazza

[Catherine Lee]

This is very well done Shelley - I particularly like the first and last lines.