Robert Pettit Poet Rhyme

A Little Shaking Going On

The East Coast has many people like me,
who were busy at work or having afternoon tea.
All of a sudden, we would see
Mother Nature exhibiting her fury.
Although it was something rather short and paltry,
it reminded us all of our mortality,
and that mankind has vulnerability.
There was a set of jolts and shakes;
something that we experience during earthquakes.
From Virginia and around Washington, DC,
the shakes were felt in New York and New Jersey.
Further north the shaking would go.
It was detected as far north as Toronto.
Life has to continue despite the shaking of the ground.
I don’t want to be here if a bigger one comes around.

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Carolyn Devonshire August 24, 2011 at 9:48 PM Wow, great thoughts about yesterday's earthquake, Robert. I'm not sure where you live, but I did see some damage reports today. As you say, the quake is sort of a jolt of reality. We're used to hearing about quakes in California, but near D.C.? What a shock -- and aftershocks as well. Nice to see you writing again, my friend. Love to you, Carolyn

Francine Roberts August 23, 2011 at 6:32 PM its usually our coast getting the shaking, ( we get hundreds every year here on the fault line, but only about 3 or 4 a year are noticeable at all) There is a blog about it today too, when we get a 4 we just reach out and grab the nearest glass thing to prevent it falling then go right back to what we were doing