Tidal Wave
         with a Typhoon on the Side

Tidal Wave
         with a Typhoon on the Side

a tidal wave
   with a typhoon on the side
this is not just
   some
        rollercoaster ride

a hurricane
   with a cyclone nearby

smash crash
or flying high
roaring headlong
         headstrong
whoosh high
whoosh splash
whoosh

   who knows?
   except …

I wouldn't miss this
   for all the tea in China
   for all the diamonds in a mine

seven dreams are unrolling
seven hopes uncoiling
seven years of toiling

and now

a tidal wave
   with a typhoon
        on the side

wouldn't miss it for the world
I am not watching the world go by


THAT WAS THEN

THIS IS NOW


once again
a tidal wave
   with a typhoon on the side

once again
a hurricane
   with a cyclone nearby

but this is not a joyride
a joyous adventure
a rip-roaring quest

instead, a tidal wave
of deceit and lies
smoke and mirrors
poison pills
destruction and death

the intent?

as far as I can see

to defeat
to devastate
to lay waste my world


once again
I don’t stand idly by


my quest
to be part of the turning the tide

Elsa
first part - January 23 and 30, 2001
second part - October 2, 2021

copyright, ©, 2001, 2024, Elsa Schieder, all rights reserved


Here's Tidal Wave, from 2007 - the poem.

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Tidal wave with a typhoon on the side.
Not a rollercoaster ride.
Not watching the world go by.
Time to turn the tide.
SPOKEN WORD.
RAP POEM. RAP POETRY.

RIP RAP. WORDS ALIVE. SPOKEN WORD
.
Rap Poem.
Top flying high rap poetry.
Alive and thriving.
Not just surviving.

Spoken word.
Words strong.
Words of strength.
Words of courage.
Words spoken
with strength and courage.

Rap poems,
rip rapping about tidal wave living.

Spoken word,
words spoken about tidal wave life.

Elsa
October 3, 2021


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original art work - George Horak

visuals - Elsa, 2018, 2021