Ode To An Earthquake-W

What a day you chose, Grandma Mine!
To quake, to move, to shiver, to shake
Thereby to ravage, to savage, to shatter,
The celebrations of Mother India Republic Day.
A female snake eating her own children!
What bad karma those school children had done?
What configurations of the planets took place
In the natal charts of those thousand killed?

Million years ago you jolted and rocked,
Opening up the Atlantic & creating Indian Ocean,
Delinking India from Africa and Sri Lanka.
Those oceans are widening & the Pacific shrinking.
Will North America & Asia drift into each other?
*The twelve plates mate and hate each other,
Caribbean to Cocos & Indian to Eurasian.
Your wanton ways to be taken as blessing in disguise?
Your natural acts as great levelers? Or
HE made the world to fit best to create & destroy.

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*There are 12 twelve plates of our mother earth. It is based on the earthquake
that shook India's seaside area on 26th January 2000, the Independence Day of
India. 

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Form: Ode
tenth place win
Contest by Linda
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June 16, 2005
Dr. Ram Mehta
Form: Irregular Ode
Featured on PS on 3/20/2011
The poem was posted on the day I joined Soup. Originally it is one of the
Poem published in my Poetry Book "The Roamings" (2000)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005


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Date: 3/21/2015 2:08:00 PM
The power unleashed is hard to explain you have painted a great picture in this Dear Dr Ram..'
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Date: 5/18/2014 11:55:00 PM
It is a mystery why these natural disasters occur, and why they affect so many innocent people. Maybe one day we will know.... An interesting poem, Dr. Ram. Congrats on your win!
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Date: 5/16/2014 10:12:00 PM
oh and congrats on the win.
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Date: 5/16/2014 10:12:00 PM
It is really interesting to see this one about that famous earthquake. I see Linda had commented to this one. Our Sweetheart Linda. So sad she cannot come here again.
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Date: 5/16/2014 2:27:00 AM
Wonderful as ever Dr Ram ! Congrats on huge win !
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Date: 12/13/2013 5:49:00 PM
Dr. Ram What a powerful and emotional write. You took the reader on a journey of deep sadness and feelings. Nice job Thanks for the congrats on my Surgery Success poem.
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Date: 3/15/2011 5:50:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Dr. Ram. Have a wonderful week and may you have baskets full of inspiration come your way. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/15/2011 5:19:00 AM
Incredible, Dr. Ram. Absolutely incredible. Congrats on being a feature this week. Well deserved, as always.
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Date: 3/13/2011 5:18:00 PM
Congrats Dr. Ram on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. wonderful words to share with us all my friend with luv..
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Date: 1/17/2011 4:56:00 AM
I still remember Dr. that Republic Day!I think it was Latur.
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