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Poetry. African & African American Studies. Caribbean Studies. Many of its best moments are simple stories about people. An old woman sits in the wreckage of her home, ... There is searching, sweating and wading through water. Corned beef is eaten and children run after chickens. People pray and sing and wait. People fight for their homes, and their 'feet beat the ground to dust.' These are poems about survival, life, and the daily work of turning an often troubled island into a homeland of justice and freedom.--Mark Yokoyama (from the Introduction)

A frank, passionate description of a life in the Caribbean impacted by hurricanes, power outages, health crises, and pandemic. SOS: SEASON OF STORMS also highlights the region's history of racial injustice and provides insight into St. Martin protests. Badejo's voice, intimate and tinged with humor.'--Jeannine Hall Gailey

For all the existential toxicity exposed in his poetry, Badejo still holds the sun between his fingers without being burnt. I am inspired by the author's rebellious but tender attentiveness to the plight of tortured and twisted humanity.--Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo