The Earthquake Beast

The Kia Manawanui syndicate studied different natural disasters around the South Pacific in Term 2. One of our writing tasks was to describe the causes and the effects of a natural disaster through poetic writing.
Here is a poem written by Constance:

THE EARTHQUAKE BEAST

When the faultline breaks, the tectonic plates move.

Awakening the beast, as it gets ready to groove.

Rattle, rumble

Rush and ROAR!

Drop, cover, and hold to the floor.

Tremble, troubles

Shock and shake

The beast is too groovy, it caused an earthquake.

There are cracks on the road, we have nowhere to go

The buildings have collapsed, all in a row.

People are running, people are screaming,

Hoping they’ll survive, as much as they are believing.

The earthquake has stopped, and majority people are alive,

All screaming in happiness, because they’ve survived.

They are all relieved as the beast fell asleep,

Now we are waiting for the rescue team.

When they arrive, they start helping us all,

Rebuilding buildings, to help a bit more.

We’ve experienced enough and hope it was the last

As some of our families couldn’t risk it all.

This is the DLO that we used to help us start the crafting of our poem.