Volcano Monologue Poem by Noel Horlanda

Who’s the greatest of all?

Fujiyama the valiant,
in the land of Nihongin,
a holy mountain of cherry blossoms
white cap on top, perfect in every way,
land of the rising sun’s most admired,
frigid, but not courageous enough!

Listen! No one doubts, outwits
three Italian beauties,
Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli

Ah! Those old, feeble and descrepit
Strumpets!

Here’s one! Kilauea, remember?
Hawaiian comely but rabid and
renowned lava spewer!

Silence!

You can’t take off your eyes from her
She’s more perfect than Fuji
down south Pacific way,
poise, gorgeous Mayon! .
Magnificent in the night,
delight of the Pearl of the Orient,
verdant, daring, fearsome,
mountaineers’ favorite!

Oh no! Not her, forget everything, said I

Gosh! Look up, forget her not!
Mount Pinatubo, furious, bold
The greatest of all times this century
ever recorded in history, a celebrity!
Supervolcano? Nyet
When angered, devastates,
neo landmarks revealed,
ash plume shoots up thousand feet,
descends to earth as if snowflakes,
darkness covers half the world, yet
quiet now, dormant once more
but not forever…its greatness
wouldn’t be forgotten ever!

Agreed! ! !