Storm on the Island

• "leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus in a gale"
• "We are prepared: we build our houses squat"
• "exploding comfortably down on the cliffs"
• "forgetting that it pummels your house too"
• "spits like a tame cat turned savage"
• "we are bombarded by the empty air"
• "it is a huge nothing that we fear"
• Compare to: Exposure, The Prelude