Ground Tankas

by Balin Lord of Moria

A series of tanka poems about Ground-type Pokémon. Includes Sandshrew, Marowak, Rhydon, Donphan, and Groudon. Ninth in a series of Pokémon-type tankas.

Ground Tankas

Sandshrew

Digging deep tunnels

Underneath the stable earth,

Sand is its domain,

Rolling up in a burrow,

Living underground for life.

Marowak

Throw this thing a bone,

'Cause it has one of its own,

A real boomerang,

Pounding boulders and gravestones

Like a "native" tribe drummer.

Rhydon

Rhydon the rhino,

A knight in shining armor,

Stampedes like a bull,

Grinds up rocks like an oil drill,

And survives lava with ease.

Donphan

Mighty pachyderm

Of the proud floor called the ground,

It gores any foe

With its long, sharp, and white tusks,

Unfazed by their striking back.

Groudon

Master of the land,

Responsible for all shifts

In the continents,

Its war with great Kyogre

Must not be sparked once again.