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Sunday, September 11, 2016

A cry caught in my throat


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”
&
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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
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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
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September 10, 2016
his body slumped
15th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001
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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
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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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