Asian Tsunami - what would it have been like to have

been in the tsunami?

India

Nicobar IsMaldives Sri LankaIndonesia

Malaysia Thailand

Myanmar Bangladesh

Andaman Is

"The Tsunamis has

demonstrated that nature, and not mankind, is the real master"

Meet Amanthi and Muttiah

The day was clearThe sun shone brightUpon my island home

When all at once wailing, echoed from her shores.

And it came whirling, swirling, churning and sweepingA monstrous twenty-foot wave

With a booming voice and mighty hurtDestroying everything in its way.

For hours the waves swept inDevastating her shores

Countless people lost their livesFrom countless faces hot tears poured.

It came so fast in swirling rageNo time to think, to save themselves

The waves so high swept above their headsAnd swept back with their lives.

Father and mother grievingFor their loving children lost.

Little children searching everywhere,Searching for their parents lost.

A grieving father stands by the seaHis dead son in his arms

His agony spread throughout the landAnd touched every man’s heart.

The waves destroyed many homes,It swept off many lives.

But through this pain and sorrowOur people began to rise.

The waves shattered Sri LankaYet humanity it could not break.

Compassion, love and kindness reached out to all, And gave hope in every way.

TSUNAMI YOU HIT MY ISLAND HOMEby

Thrishana Pothupitiya

YOUR TASK IS.... to write a poem titled

"The Tsunami"

Put yourself in the shoes of either Amanthi or Muttiah - imagine what it must have been like to have lived through the tsunami...

Structuring your poem:

Think about how the content of each stanza (verse) - try and tell the story of the tsunami

through your poem

- Think about the poetry writing techniques you have learnt in English - remember poems do not have to rhyme!

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