Leaving the red zone
Subtitle: poems from the Canterbury earthquakes
By: edited by James Norcliffe and Joanna Preston
Publisher: Clerestory Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Christchurch
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780992251758
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Canterbury Earthquake, N.Z., 2010; Poetry; Christchurch Earthquake, N.Z., 2011; Earthquakes; New Zealand poetry; Canterbury Earthquake (New Zealand : 2010) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01755801; Christchurch Earthquake (New Zealand : 2011) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01765264
Description: More than 400,000 people, more than 14,000 earthquakes. 5 years. People talked about quake brain, but the Canterbury earthquakes, despite of, because of this, generated amazing bursts of creativity. Leaving the Red Zone is a rich and wide-ranging collection showcasing much of the best poetry: 148 poems from 87 poets. Here are sorrow, resignation, defiance, stoicism, humour black and wry, and everything in between. Other books will tell of the earthquakes from the point of view of the geologist, the historian, or photographer; Leaving the Red Zone tells of the Canterbury earthquakes from the point of view of the human heart.
Notes: 148 poems from 87 poets.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: LAMENT / Ian McCartney; title: FEBRUARY 22, 2011, REPORT 2 / Keith Westwater; title: SEPTEMBER. POEM / Lynn Tara Austin; title: SNAP / Rangi Faith; title: SLEEP AND WAKE / Helen Bascand; title: HOBIGIN RARKEEZE KANTUR-BURG / Jan Hutchison; title: DAY CHART WITH EARTHQUAKE / Helen Jacobs; title: 0435 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH 2010 / Teoti Jardine; title: OUT THERE / Helen Bascand; title: MY NAME IS AURELIA / Robynanne Milford; title: LIPSTICK / Fiona Farrell; title: THE BIG ONE / Andrew Paul Wood; title: GEOGRAPHY / Leslie McKay; title: TELEGRAPH ROAD / James Norcliffe; title: HAIKU / Helen Yong; title: THE HORSE / Fiona Farrekk; title: HAIKU / Doc Drumheller; title: 04.09.2010, 4:35AM, TAWA UNIT, ROLLESTON PRISON / Tam Vosper; title: FEBRUARY. FAULT / Joanna Preston; title: SEPARATION / Gail Ingram; title: IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY / Koenraad Kuiper; title: FINDING SEPELA: 22 FEBRUARY / Tusiata Avia; title: FEBRUARY 22, 2011, REPORT 1 / Keith Westwater; title: WHEN THE ROCKING CAME, THE PIANO ... / Jeni Curtis; title: EQ TXT MSG / Melissa Parsons; title: ^; title: NEGATIVE GRAVITY / Janet Wainscott; title: PRAYER FOR A BOY WHOSE NAME I NEVER FOUND OUT / Jeni Curtis; title: THE ORCHARD / Sue Wootton; title: NOTES FROM THE CATASTROPHE / Leslie Mckay; title: TWO HAIKU / Sandra Simpson; title: ORCHARD / Sue Wootton; title: REMEMBER WE THEM WILL / David Howard; title: TEN TO ONE / Chris Stewart; title: WALKING THE LAND / Rangi Faith; title: THE HISTORIAN'S DREAM / Jane Simpson; title: OBSERVING THE ANKLES OF A STRANGER / Frankie McMillan; title: A STREET IN NEW BRIGHTON / Jan Hutchison; title: BEHIND THE CORDON, CASHEL MALL / Jane Simpson; title: STERN POST / Kay Luff; title: DENDRITES / Gail Ingram; title: ANGELUS AND TREMULOUS / Helen Young; title: ROCK STAR HEAVEN / Brindi Joy; title: THE SPARROWS / Helen Lowe; title: AFTERSHOCK. AFTERSHOCK / Sean Joyce; title: HAIKU / Lynn Tara Austin; title: AFTER SHOCK / Raina Kingsley; title: HAIKU / Rosemary Scott; title: AFTERSHOCK / Tom Weston; title: CORNER OF COLOMBO AND ST ASAPH / Tusiata Avia; title: RICHTER MEETS MERCALLI IN CHRISTCHURCH... / Keith Westwater; title: 6.3 (OR THE QUAKE POEM) / Elizabeth Morton; title: ^; title: SO HEARTS MAY SLEEP / Robynanne Milford; title: ALLOW ME TO SAY / Helen Lowe; title: THE YELLOW PAGES OF THE TELEPHONE BOOK... / Jan Hutchison; title: IT'S THE LITTLE SHIFTS / Helen Bascand; title: NOTHING IS / Barbara McCartney; title: DO YOU REMEMBER? / Lorraine Ritchie; title: I PLOT TO SECURE SOMEONE LIKE KING LEAR'S FOOL_ / Jan Hutchison; title: UPHEAVAL / Karen Zelas; title: WHEN ALL YOU / Jeffrey Paparoa Holman; title: BETWEEN BIRDSONG AND NOTHING / Nod Ghosh; title: FARE / Joanna Preston; title: A DAY NOT YET BROKEN / Jan Hutchison; title: INTERVAL / Helen Jacobs; title: UNDER THE TABLE / Carrie Beckwith; title: EASTERN CHRISTCHURCH / Emma Currie; title: AFTERSHOCKS / David Gregory; title: RESILIENCE / Keith Westwater; title: SOMETIMES / Amy Paulussen; title: THREE HAIKU / Barbara Strang; title: THE TARP / Fiona Farrell; title: TEACHING ROMEO AND JULIET ... / Jeni Curtis; title: DEMOLITION & REBUILD RANSOM NOTE / Andrew M. Bell; title: JIGSAW / Helen Jacobs; title: THE MINISTRY OF SORROW / Joanna Preston; title: WHO OF YOU /Jeffrey Paparoa Holman; title: THE NEW DETROIT/ Joseph Shaw; title: ^; title: TE HOU KAI TANGATA /Lucy Meth; title: RESCUING A LIGHTHOUSE UP THERE... / Sarah Aileen; title: THE CRANES / Gail Collier; title: PROPOSAL FOR THE GARDEN CITY / Doc Drumheller; title: CHRISTCHURCH CBD / Karen Zelas; title: TOMORROW OR TODAY? / Lynn Tara Austin; title: GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY HALL... / Catherine Fitchett; title: DEMOLITION / Kelly Pope; title: SLANT / Catherine Fitchet; title: DANCE-0-MAT / Jeni Curtis; title: REBUILDING / Greg O'Connell; title: SCRIM /James Norcliffe; title: CANTERBURY TALES / Vivienne Plumb; title: VARNISHING AT NIGHT / Erik Kennedy; title: EARTHQUAKE / Jillian Sullivan; title: SHIGERU'S GIFT / Jane Simpson; title: LIKE A PRAYER / Catherine Fitchet; title: CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES / Tierney Reardon; title: DECLINING THE REAL ESTATE AGENT / Joanna Preston; title: SOMEWHERE NEAR BALCAIRN / Bernadette Hall; title: AN ACUTE ANGLE / Barbara Strang; title: MY FATHER'S EARTHQUAKE / Brigid Barrer; title: TREMORITIS / Barbara Strang; title: SPEECHLESS / Cherry Hill; title: AS SAFE AS HOUSES / Tracey Peterson; title: JULIA AT TAI TAPU / Fiona Farrell; title: ^; title: AFTERMATH. IT'S NOT OUR FAULT /Melanie McKerchar; title: RESILIENCE OF A FLEA / C.M. Fitzgerald; title: MEET ME / Robynanne Milford; title: CANTERBURY OBLATIONS / Keith Westwater; title: DETOUR GAMES / Doc Drumheller; title: SWARM / Helen Lowe; title: POEM / Bernadette Hall; title: ALONG THE ALLEY THE GIRL RAN FAST / Paula Slack; title: BIZARRE THOUGHTS / Jennifer Barrer; title: CHRISTCHURCH REVEALS ITSELF / Laurice Gilbert; title: BIDING TIME / Judith Pavielle; title: HAIKU / Barbara Strang; title: HERE AND THERE / Karen Zelas; title: THERE WAS A TIME / Cherry Hill; title: RE-ZONED / Teoti Jardine; title: RAINBOW / Vivienne Plumb; title: EVERYONE IS STRANGE, BUT NO-ONE IS A STRANGER / Dean Walker; title: THINGS THE EARTHQUAKES TAUGHT ME / John Ewen; title: FROM COLOMBO STREET OVERBRIDGE / Karen Zelas; title: EARTHQUAKE STORIES THEY DIDN'T PRINT / Bill Sutton; title: ST PAUL'S TRINITY PACIFIC ISLAND CHURCH / Tusiata Avia; title: VACANT / Catherine Fitchett; title: GHOSTS FACING EVICTION / Joyce Elwood-Smith; title: HAIKU / Barbara Strang; title: THE EMPTY HOUSE CONSIDERED AS A GHOST / Siobhan Harvey; title: ^; title: RE-BOOTING AT SEVENTY / Barry Southam; title: LEAVING THE RED ZONE / Don Rowlands; title: POSSIBILITIES OF THE NOW / Annette Chapman; title: LANDMARK SONNET / Brigid Barrer; title: TWO HAIKU / Gayle Cook; title: CATHEDRAL SQUARE / Sugu Pillay; title: TWO HAIKU / Gail Ingram; title: IRREGULAR ILLUMINATION / Vivienne Plumb; title: CRACKS IN THE PAVEMENT / Raina Kingsley; title: RECOVERY / Stephanie Grieve; title: THE DEER BUILDS A PORT-A-LOO / Kerrin P. Sharpe; title: THE NEW NORMAL MINDSET / Andrew M. Bell; title: I LOOK FOR HOME IN THE LAST PLACE I LEFT IT / Genista Friesen; title: INSURANCE WOES / Jo Cormack; title: THE LOCUSTS / Glyn Strange; title: ONE YEAR ON / Heather McQuillan; title: CURMUDGEON / Judith Walsh; title: THE DEATH OF SENECA / James Norcliffe; title: EPILOGUE THE POEM THAT IS LIKE A CITY / Fiona Farrell.