09/11

I remember that day

An afternoon of dark flowers,

Werner told me,

                         there were bad men in flight.

Then we sat in a broken circle,

                         as if the air was forbidden

                         with  stopped time,

                         the room choked with dust. 

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Simple, powerful thoughts. It is one of those moments, all of humanity old enough at the time, remembers. Beautifully expressed.

[Tina Kline]

This poem is very emotional. The day the world went dark. I remember.

[Leslie Philibert]

If you ask anybody, they know exactly what they were doing, at that awful moment.

[Coyote Song]

This makes me feel sad. The day the world really became ugly and governments turned on their own citizens in a strong and bold way after that. We haven't had a chance to heal. Maybe we won't. Maybe the world won't either. Yes, I remember that day.

[Leslie Philibert]

Everybody rembers, like me, the way they reacted when they heard the news...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, "the room choked with dust" and i was watching wgn news report and actually saw the second plane go into the other tower...i felt the dust, i cringed at the heights from which people were jumping from the towers...what an awful day....will never forget it...very dark flowers.
this poem is so effective...

j.

[Leslie Philibert]

I wanted, after so many years, to think about what happened that afternoon..

[AYVID N]

A poem, superbly worded on one of the darkest days in history. Thank you for sharing. It made for a truly worthy read.

[Leslie Philibert]

All remember that afternoon , what they doing, what happened. I was at work, and in the break we started to talk about what was happening, and I remember these moments often.