Even poetry seems inadequate in the face of a disaster like the Turkish-Syrian earthquake. But poetry is what we have.
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Poetry in the Face of Disaster
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Haitian Earthquake Redux
No poet can do justice to a disaster such as befell Haiti this past week. Voltaire and Karl Shapiro, however, have works that operate as a response.
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Dorothy and the Oklahoma Earthquakes
Oklahoma is now #1 in the world for number of earthquakes. “Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz” is also about a midwesterner encountering earthquakes for the first time.
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