<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=525853" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Love Warning Carved In Wise Stone</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">in quiet wise hamlet of Aneyoshi<br>in Iwate Prefecture northern Japan<br>a centuries-old stone tablet stands <br>warns of danger of tsunami waves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">a single centuries-old tablet message<br>a love warning carved in old stout stone<br>a blessing bestowed on all descendants<br>a blessing outlasting survivor memories</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'High dwellings are the peace <br> and harmony of our descendants, ' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Remember the calamity <br> of the great tsunamis. <br> Do not build any homes <br> below this point.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">advice blessed dozen plus wise households <br>of Aneyoshi ancestor descendants heeded<br>their homes all high built emerged unscathed <br>a disaster safe huge wave in swept flattened </div><div style="margin:10px 0">all low-lying communities elsewhere killed <br>thousands along Japan's northeastern shore</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terence+George+Craddock">Terence George Craddock</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=525853" data-title="Love Warning Carved In Wise Stone de Terence George Craddock" data-description="in quiet wise hamlet of Aneyoshi in Iwate Prefecture northern Japan a centuries-old stone tablet stands warns of danger of tsunami waves a single centuries-old tablet message a love warning carved in old stout stone a blessing bestowed on all de..."></div> </div> </div>

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