Located on the Circum-Pacific Seismic Zone, for centuries Taiwan has been tortured by earthquakes caused by plate motions. In Chinese history, there are many entries regarding earthquakes. The earliest record of the earthquake in Taiwan can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty in 1624, during the Dutch occupation. Nevertheless, these records are fragmented. From the governing of Qing Dynasty (1683) to the end of Japanese rule (1945), there have been many earthquakes of various magnitudes rendering disasters of different scales. The officials and scholars in Taiwan versified their fear and sadness instead of weeping for the victims. With ＂Complete Taiwan Poems＂ as the major text, with references to the ＂Chronology of Earthquake in Taiwan＂, Chi Chi Earthquake Knowledge Base operated by CSCL, Academia Sinica, related historical documents are consulted to study the earthquake poems from the Qing Dynasty and Japanese rule in Taiwan. After the preliminary studies, it is discovered that many poems record the dates and the processes of the earthquakes factually, with profound and realistic depictions of the landscapes after the disasters and the fear and sorrow of the victims. Most of these poems are written in the genre of ＂yuefu＂. From the historical records of the aftermaths of earthquakes, both the Qing Court and the Japanese governors consoled and assisted the victims considerably, fulfilling the duties and expressing the virtues of administrators positively. Examining the Taiwan earthquake poems closely, it is discovered that most of them are narrative in nature, recording the happening of the disasters realistically, with both historic and literary values. As Taiwan earthquake writings, these poems are worthy of further study.