tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post1827107303555040084..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: A September 11th PoemElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61002355460320468272010-09-11T22:00:37.674-07:002010-09-11T22:00:37.674-07:00Kobico - beautifully said...
Maggie May - That Sp...Kobico - beautifully said...<br /><br />Maggie May - That Springsteen song evokes everything, doesn't it?<br /><br />Leslie - I thought so, too -- so ominous and surreal<br /><br />Terra di mare -- I don't know what I'd do without poetry.<br /><br />Dave - I understand. My husband knew more than thirty people who died that day.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3476209480291000892010-09-11T17:27:15.890-07:002010-09-11T17:27:15.890-07:00I think of my friend A.J. who died in Tower 1. Kno...I think of my friend A.J. who died in Tower 1. Knowin AJ and the floor he worked on my guess is he jumped.<br /><br />I believe September 11 is different for those of us who knew people that died that day. <br /><br />AJ's kids don't miss the Towers. They don't care about the open space and how the view changed. They worry about their Mom who has never recovered.<br /><br />Many say a trip to NY means a trip to Ground Zero, which is just dirt. The pain does not live in the dirt, it lives every day in the families that dread this anniversary.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364905001992247507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-63278477421352017232010-09-11T15:13:27.854-07:002010-09-11T15:13:27.854-07:00Thanks for this poem, Elizabeth. Poems always brin...Thanks for this poem, Elizabeth. Poems always bring logic to the illogical and help us express the inexpressible. It is still hard for me to reconcile the stunning beauty of that day, the shocking dislocation and pain that occurred and the way all of our lives, in ways large and small and to greater and lesser extents, were irrevocably changed while we watched. We all lost innocence that day and none of us were prepared. <br /><br />Happy belated birthday, my astro-twin. I hope the year is filled with blessings! I hear Saturn has moved on, Mercury has moved forward, and who knows- maybe the age of Aquarius will finally be upon us (I've been waiting since the play came out the first time, so it had better hurry!)Terra di Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986982115453752355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36099797117849153002010-09-11T14:21:20.896-07:002010-09-11T14:21:20.896-07:00Thank you so much for posting this poem. It is sha...Thank you so much for posting this poem. It is shattering, just like that day.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-31601290512951577942010-09-11T13:20:55.550-07:002010-09-11T13:20:55.550-07:00an empty sky...an empty sky...Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60662750632912699602010-09-11T12:38:19.503-07:002010-09-11T12:38:19.503-07:00I still can't believe that two airplanes took ...I still can't believe that two airplanes took down three buildings like that. <br /><br />But am amazed that the buildings around 7 stood their ground and came out unscathed.<br /><br />And I am sad that there is still fallout from that day, as many rescue workers have since fallen ill.<br /><br />But I am thankful that incidents such as these are so rare here that they are still a shock to us. <br /><br />This poem is such a good example of how much that day rocked our sense of security. Thank you for posting it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508114700180229059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46319658233970746382010-09-11T11:55:44.373-07:002010-09-11T11:55:44.373-07:00From the Kitchen -- Yes, we'll always remember...From the Kitchen -- Yes, we'll always remember where we were that awful day.<br /><br />Ms. Moon -- The Onion said it best in the days following: Holy Fucking Shit!<br /><br />Big Daddy Autism -- If that wasn't surreal, nothing is.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72465352900894240582010-09-11T11:53:44.622-07:002010-09-11T11:53:44.622-07:00It's still so surreal. Humanity at it's v...It's still so surreal. Humanity at it's very worst.Big Daddy Autismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435868024371083375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38828853327133732492010-09-11T07:48:30.358-07:002010-09-11T07:48:30.358-07:00And then...an empty sky.
I don't think we'...And then...an empty sky. <br />I don't think we'll ever comprehend that day.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-78914919272546609432010-09-11T07:25:25.385-07:002010-09-11T07:25:25.385-07:00I remember! The first, second, third and fourth ...I remember! The first, second, third and fourth shock in the bright September morning. The first two I attributed to something gone deadly wrong with air traffic control in NYC. And then I couldn't deny what would forever change the country.<br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.com