News Flash for Bin Laden: a Poem
it's the same kind of day
well etched and wretched
clear skies and bright
sun reflecting on the wings
of things unimagined
the second time was the charm this time
the clock stopped
on the painful victory of Shanksville
and the fight at the Pentagon
while in New York buildings toppled
people burned and fell
fire companies, cops, plain people
fought and died in the rubble
that sweet, toxic stink
that vast melted emptiness
the smoldering steel arms twisted
igniting resistance
rushing to fill that gaping hole
extracting from the settling silence
the defiant strong beating heart of America.
Published by Anthony Ventre
I have a background in traditional print media and radio news. The proliferation of online writing opportunities has changed things for me, largely for the better. News moves quickly in the information a... View profile
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7 Comments
Post a CommentThis is a powerful poem. Great work, Anthony. :-)
Excellent!!
GREAT poem Anthony!
Incredible Anthony. Great work.
Amen again!
"The defiant strong beating heart of America." What a powerful line!
Bin laden and his thugs cannot stop the "defiant strong beating heart of America"
Cheers, we cannot eradicate the cockroaches in this world but we can keep them under control, even as they multiply into the wretched pests that they are!