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Earthquake Collage, Santa Cruz History Journal Number 6


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March 18, 2009, 1:24 pm

Photo by Robert Sward, earthquake, antique shop
Photo by Robert Sward, earthquake, antique shop

Santa Cruz' Museum of Art & History @ the McPherson Center just published "Pathways to the Past, Adventures in Santa Cruz County History. Santa Cruz' written history goes back over 200 years and Santa Cruz History Journal Number 6 includes articles about early Pioneers like William Trevethan who sailed from Plymouth, England, in 1822. Journal Number 6 includes "Earthquake Collage," pp. 251-261 of the nearly 300-page  Journal. Including the poem "Blackbirds Flying Backwards," a villanelle as shook up as Oct. 17, 1989 San Francisco Bay Area itself... sample stanza, faults and all:

"Beware landfill, beware malls. Beware cats that run away.

Here it comes. Step over the sill, get out on the curb.

Get out your Bible and start to pray..."

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 Booksigning for the publication, 3 -5 PM, Sat., April 18, at SC Museum of Art & History.