Typhoon Task
It's #PoetryFriday, and this past week in Kamakura, Japan, we had a major typhoon. Sometimes people who are inland from the coast just a short distance have no idea what the coast has endured or how a storm has impacted a fishing community.
The Shonan coast was hit hard by Typhoon 21. On the morning after the typhoon, I took a long walk along the coast and was stunned by the damage--beach erosion, debris everywhere, fishing huts destroyed, infrastructure damage... It will take a long while for our shore to recover.
Two days after the typhoon, I went out for a run in more rain--me in my pink rain jacket and running gear--and one of the fishing women on the beach tending to cleaning up the beach looked up and waved at me with a big grin.
So I made an iMovie poem: "Typhoon Task." It's short. You might need to watch it twice.
Here it is:
For more Kidlitosphere #PoetryFriday posts, see the roundup here.
The Shonan coast was hit hard by Typhoon 21. On the morning after the typhoon, I took a long walk along the coast and was stunned by the damage--beach erosion, debris everywhere, fishing huts destroyed, infrastructure damage... It will take a long while for our shore to recover.
Two days after the typhoon, I went out for a run in more rain--me in my pink rain jacket and running gear--and one of the fishing women on the beach tending to cleaning up the beach looked up and waved at me with a big grin.
So I made an iMovie poem: "Typhoon Task." It's short. You might need to watch it twice.
Here it is:
For more Kidlitosphere #PoetryFriday posts, see the roundup here.
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