Typhoon Belt Poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

Typhoon Belt

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It is the belt you wear on your waist
Every time storms begin to play their games
It is the belt of strength as waves rise up
To pound your gates and fences and wash out
All the standing small huts along shores,

It is the belt of fury and madness
As you drag out and drown the small boats
and ships from the pillars of their anchor.
It is the belt of death, fiercely lashing
Victims by your whips and leaving
Them buried in mud, landslides and flood.

And you continue
to wear this belt
day in and day out!
My beloved, Philippines,
When can this belt
Be untied from your waist?
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POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
December 6, written after hearing report from home about hundreds of people who have died and lost their homes during this recent typhoon in the Philippines. Typhoons visit the Philippines so often, that before people are able to rebuild their homes, another typhoon strikes again and again.
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