Wrapped in Scorn and emo-black,
he towers with his massive hat.
His voice a roar, his fingers knives,
few who he touches e'er survive.
When seen approaching all birds scatter,
and grass he breathes on becomes flatter.
What is he?
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$\begingroup$ Welcome to Puzzling - this is a nice riddle! (I've slightly changed the formatting - hope you don't mind.) $\endgroup$– Deusovi ♦May 2, 2016 at 3:20
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3$\begingroup$ Just FYI, the contraction of ever is "e'er". $\endgroup$– pasteMay 2, 2016 at 13:35
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Is it a
Tornado
Wrapped in Scorn
No one wants to see one, except for morbid curiousity
and emo-black, he towers with his massive hat.
dark and threatening, towering over the landscape, wider at the top
His voice a roar, his fingers knives, few who he touches e're survive.
slicing through everything it touches
When seen approaching all birds scatter,
everyone runs away
and grass he breathes on becomes flatter.
the wind flattens everything around.
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Is it a:
Lawnmower
His voice a roar
The engine is quite loud
Fingers are knives
The blades underneath the lawnmower
Few who he touches e'er survive
Nothing that get hit by the blades really stays the same
Grass he breathes on becomes flatter
The lawnmower mows the grass
Not sure about the part with emo-black
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18$\begingroup$ My gasoline-powered mower went about in quite a persistent cloud of emo-black until I put new rings in. $\endgroup$ May 2, 2016 at 5:49
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1$\begingroup$ Scorn/emo also applies to the fact that teenagers are often the ones doing the lawnmowing. $\endgroup$– corsiKaMay 2, 2016 at 17:10
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$\begingroup$ If the blade was dull it would flatten the grass rather than cut it $\endgroup$ May 3, 2016 at 6:18
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$\begingroup$ @Robert Tester That is true, but I was thinking in the sense of the knives, and the general conception is that knives are sharp $\endgroup$– XyliusMay 3, 2016 at 9:20
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Could it be:
A thunderstorm?
Wrapped in Scorn and emo-black, he towers with his massive hat.
Towering cumulonimbus clouds
His voice a roar, his fingers knives, few who he touches e're survive.
Lighting strikes or microbursts (or both).
When seen approaching all birds scatter, and grass he breathes on becomes flatter.
Birds leave ahead of a storm, the wind flattens the grass, a microburst would really flatten the grass.
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2$\begingroup$ All the bug tropical storms that ravage coast lines are named after people since the late 19th century, the title was far more of an after thought though $\endgroup$ May 2, 2016 at 5:39
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$\begingroup$ According to wikipedia only 10 to 30% of lightning strikes are fatal, so the "few who he touches e're survive" isn't strictly correct. $\endgroup$ May 2, 2016 at 10:23
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$\begingroup$ @RobertTester - Yes, but half the storms have women's names, so it only sort of works. I suppose you could be referring to one specific storm that happens to have a male name, but that would only work if there was an active tropical storm when you presented this puzzle. (There may be one, but I don't feel like checking - we are a little out of season right now...) $\endgroup$ May 2, 2016 at 14:53