It's Wednesday 22 February - the day the earthquake struckChristchurch a whole year ago. The quake struck on a Tuesday, and Tuesday Poetsthis week - 30 poets from NZ, Australia, UK and the US - have postedpoems that remember that time. Some written straight after the earthquake, somelater.
One of the Christchurch poets - CatherineFitchett - hasn't the heart to post a poem, another- HelenLowe - has written a moving piece of prose about her feelings a yearon and another - Andrew Bell - hasposted a poem of restrained anger and sadness about the devastation of theworld he loves. In the poets 'on sabbatical' on TP, you can find the poem byJeffrey Paparoa Holman poor bare forkedanimal that rages, like Lear on the heath, against the earthquake, and apower poem written by Joanna Preston called simply Fault. TwoWellington poets, Mary McCallum and Tim Jones, have re-posted poems they wroteshortly the quakes - Earth (September)and Landlines (February).
Go to the TuesdayPoem community site to find all the poems linked in the sidebar.
All the poems are ways to grab the stories and language of aterrible time and put it, for better or worse, on the page. To give them a kindof permanence. To help us understand better, perhaps, and to remember.
Photo - NZ Herald
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