others incited them
their rhetoric, their
speech
yet they are still
responsible
they are not absolved of
their guilt
no matter their anger
the source of no import
called to be temperate
in control of the spark
to control their anger
the steps of their walk
=====
edited December
2, 2014
Not absolved of
their guilt – v2
Edited September
13, 2012
Not absolved of
their guilt
new poem –
& 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
&
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
11, 2012
new poem – “An
Audible Gasp”
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
&
latest 20 poems
about
September 11,
2001
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