I became numbed as I watched
the horror, the terror,
flickering on the screen
repeating, building,
throughout the day
evil, chaos was loosed into
our world
our nation was being attacked;
A gasp, a cry was caught in
my throat
as the repeating images
numbed my pain
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September 11, 2016
A cry caught in my throat
September 11, 2016
when the towers fell
September 11, 2016
we were at war
September 11, 2016
we were under attack
September 11, 2016
terror in real-time
edited September 11, 2016
In the echo of the towers – v2
July 2, 2011
In the echo of the towers
July 4, 1776
Independence Day
September 11, 2011
the day the World Trade Center towers fell
&
2 Kings 5:1-14
Psalm 30
Luke 10:16-20
Galatians 6:7-10
Psalm 36:5-10 (United Methodist Hymnal #771)
Worship Theme: “The high cost of freedom”
and sermon, “The Cost of Freedom”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 4, 2010
Independence Day
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
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edited
September 11, 2016
Steel
Birds – v2
15th
Anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001
edited
September 11, 2016
The
Memories Flood Back – v2
15th
Anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001
Edited
September 13, 2012
new
poem –
Steel
Birds
&
rampage in Benghazi, September 11, 2011
which
led to death of US Ambassador and others
&
Edited
September 13, 2012
new
poem – “The Memories Flooding Back”
after
starting to read poem, “MUCH LIKE TODAY”,
by
Chip Bergeron
written
September 11, 2012
&
edited
September 10, 2016
A
Moment Crystallized – v2
Edited
September 11, 2012
new
poem – “A Moment Crystallized”
&
post
by the Reverend Doctor Amy Butler,
@PastorAmyDC
Senior
Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
Washington,
DC
“A
Prayer for Today”
&
=====
edited
September 10, 2016
An
Audible Gasp – 2 – v2
15th
anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001
Edited
September 11, 2012
new
poem – “An Audible Gasp - 2”
September
11, 2012
“A
Gasp”
written
about my experience at
Franklin
Pierce Law Center
Concord,
NH
on
September 11, 2001
in
the TV lounge
where
we all stayed, transfixed by the images
=====
edited
September 10, 2016
Like
a waterfall of people – v2
September
11, 2012
Like
a waterfall of people
written
about our movement from our law school classes at
Franklin
Pierce Law Center
Concord,
NH
on
September 11, 2001
to
the TV lounge
where
we all stayed, transfixed by the images
&
latest
20 poems about
September
11, 2001
edited
September 10, 2016
September
11 – v3
(editing
original)
15th
anniversary of September 11, 2001
Edited
September 11, 2012
“September
11 – v2”
September
11, 2010
September
11
September
11, 2001
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September
10, 2016
entombed
within the rubble
edited
September 10, 2016
As
I woke this morning – v4
15th
anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001
+++++++++++++
September
10, 2016
his
body slumped
15th
anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001
-------
edited
November 23, 2015
As
I woke this morning – v3
(editing
version 2)
&
September
22, 2011
Fruits
of Rage
melding
the consequence of possibly executing an innocent man
and
the decade since September 11, 2001
September
21, 2011
Fruits
of a Decade
September 21, 2011
Seeds of Hate
September 11, 2011
Reclaiming September 12
September 11, 2011
Reliving these moments
September 10, 2011
Terror Real
10th
anniversary of September 11, 2001
and the plot to attack DC
and NY
reported September 9, 2011
&
edited September 10, 2011
As I woke this morning –
v2
all of my September 11,
2001 poems
----------------
September 11, 2008
As I woke this morning
On the anniversary of
September 11, 2001
watching it my first year
of law school
Franklin Pierce Law
Center, Concord, NH
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