They told us all 'to just stay put, '
Breathing ashes and blackened soot,
'Put a towel against the door, '
'Wet it first, put it on the floor; '
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Revisiting the events of that horrific day, painful, and yet it needs be resurrected, in heart and mind, that we never forget...I invite you to read a few selections of my poems on th subject of 9/11...After The Towers Fell, Reflections, and Take Cover. Your storytelling is honest, poignant, heartbreaking familiar for a New Yorker, such as myself, who still feels that extreme loss of innocence. Thank you for sharing. As always, I end with a wish of PEACE
Hi Mr. McLansky. I am doing a project for social studies and it is a recitation. I wanted to use your poem and was wondering if you were a witness of 9/11 perhaps in one of the two buildings. Thank you! I love the poem!
Very well portrayed a pinch of what happened on Sept 11th in USA. I can visualize the sort of mentality you were in at that moment. I have read many poems etc written on this incident by many, for sharing experience. What I cannot believe is that, prior to this far too many westerners just could not hear the voice of millions of innocents who were victims of terrorism that was going on for many decades. Only after 09/11 many could feel what it was like. Where ever terrorism occur, immaterial of where it is, whole world should stand against it in one voice. Will this happen, at least in the future Mr. Poet?