We just had long long shakes
Magnitude (only) 4, the tv said
But at the south they had it hard
As big as 8.4!
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You have transferred the live experience of an earthquake and the panic it leaves in the minds of the affected in beautiful verse. Your concern over the safety of the worse affected is quite touching and your humaneness, quite visible! ! I invite you to read my poem- Earthquake!
'Earthquake stopped but I'm still shaking'... Indeed everyone, including yours sincerely, is still shaking.A good poem.
I was in the San Francisco earthquake in the ealy '90s; that was more like having a heart attack than I imagine having a heart attck would feel like. Some people are afraid of silly little things, for no obvious reason, like me and bats, snakes and spiders. But earthquakes should have everybody shuddering.