\nbringing
\nthe first yellow nod
\nof daffodils
\namong the bricks
\nof last year\u2019s fallen chimney
\n………. <\/span>and a fresh swarm
\nof earthquakes
\nbuilding
\nin intensity<\/p>\n
I think about leaving<\/p>\n
.<\/span> —<\/p>\n Sunday September 4 marked the first anniversary of the year that saw Christchurch suffer 3 major earthquakes (7.1, September 4; 6.3, February 22nd; 6.3, June 13) and\u00a0 8543 recorded shakes, which are still ongoing.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Swarm Spring again\u2014 bringing the first yellow nod of daffodils among the bricks of last year\u2019s fallen chimney ………. and a fresh swarm of earthquakes building in intensity I think about leaving . \u00a9 Helen Lowe, 2011 — Sunday September 4 marked the first anniversary of the year that saw Christchurch suffer 3 major earthquakes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earthquakepoems","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7927"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32344,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7927\/revisions\/32344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00a9 Helen Lowe, 2011<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/TuesPoem.jpg\" "\\"TuesPoem\\"")
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