Storm on the Island

Question 1

We are

Answer 1

We are prepared

Question 2

This wizened earth

Answer 2

This wizened earth had never troubled us /With hay, so … there are no stacks / Or stooks that can be lost

Question 3

Nor are there

Answer 3

Note are there trees / Which might prove company

Question 4

Forgetting that

Answer 4

Forgetting that it pummels your house too

Question 5

Exploding

Answer 5

Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs

Question 6

spits like a

Answer 6

spits like a tame cat / Turned savage

Question 7

Strange

Answer 7

Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear