A September Mourning: A 9-11 Poem

[Ragebøx]

This is a poem I wrote in reaction to the tragic events of September 11^th.
And feedback at all would be greatly appreciated.

A September Mourning
©/by Rachel C.

The sky turned black that fateful day
The day of greatest pain
A day our world fell into prayer
For the thousands that were slain

The day that once seemed normal
An average Tuesday morn
The day that would change history
For this nation that was torn

For we were not prepared
For such a damaging blow
A tragedy for our country
A victory for our foe

Two inhabited towers
Busy and in work
Four commercial airplanes
In which those terrorists lurk

A gun, a crash, a mesh
Of steel and shattered glass
Billowing clouds of blackened smoke
Escape as spirits pass

A crowd of apprehensive
Men and woman flee
Down the stairs and exits
A swarming human sea

The screams are almost deafening
As shocked onlookers stare
Upon the burning buildings
And their structures in a flare

The images burned in memory
Of plane, tower, flame and smoke
A reminder of the terror
These barbarians provoked

And no matter what the decade,
Month or day may be
We will all remember
This horrid killing spree

Because the world will not forget
This terrible display
As pride of country will reign on
We are the USA

*the title is a play with words; it is not a spelling mistake
**thank you for correcting my mistake, pettyluv

[Ich Liebe Rammstein]

This is the best poem I've read in awhile. This is great!! Did you write it yourself?? Well,you have a great mind to think like that.


It kind of makes me think of this poem this guy wrote about kicking Osama's a*. lolZ.


 But that was good  ;D      




                             ~~~~~~Heather,(Edward Furlong,Mike Shinoda,Chester Bennington,KidRock & Joe C. LOVER!!!!!! Linkin Park RULES!!!!!!)

[pettyluv]

That was a great and beautifully well thought out poem, that really touched me but, September 11 was on Tuesday and not on Monday.

[Toxic-Avenger]

Now that you've made the date correction, your next move is to send it in to a poetry magazine or contest. Your poem was very good, send it in! The last verse is very powerful. I'm going to read this again.

[Ragebøx]

Thank you all for your kind comments. I sure enjoyed writing it .
As a final project, our creative writing class was assigned to collect a large selecton of our own poems, prose, and short stories into our own book. I felt that a poem of this nature would gather the feeling of the book well, and felt it was a nice addition - a sum-up of the year and a memorial of sorts to those poor souls that died in the tragic disasters of that day.