At War . . .

Terrorism...

September 11th, 2001

Twin Towers-
where once two shadows
now only sun

Rob Mestre

ground zero
ils ont créé le terme
pour Hiroshima

ground zero
they coined the word
for Hiroshima

down the road we'll be into zero ground /mm

autumn sun
slow motion replay
of the plane as it hits

Linda Robeck (USA)

cold tuesday
only black smoke
where twin towers were

pluie de cendres
noirs, jaunes, blancs se sauvent -
la même peau

rain of ashes
black, yellow, white escaping -
the same skin

Bill Bilquin (Belgium)

on such a day
walking past the schoolyard
to hear the children laugh

Cindy Zackowitz (USA)

veiled sun
around the world . . .
stone dust settles

David Walker, USA

tower of flames -
a husband and wife hold hands
as they plunge

departing year --
even in sleep,
the slow tumbling of towers

John Wisdom (South Africa)

twin tower collapsed-
my hands erect firm
in prayer

kuni (Japan)

WTC 1995

the World Trade Center at dusk --
a pair of sunsets

Paul David Mena (USA)

liberty bell & independence hall the closing down of 9/11/01

no place to hide dark now covers what rubble covers

alone with clothes to hang out glued to the world

Marlene Mountain (USA)

wilted flowers
thousands in need of
blood this morning

Robert Wilson (USA)

this morning's rain --
two apples have fallen
in to the grass

paul.conneally (UK)

getting home from work
drastic changes in
the skyline I just left

ten hours later
getting answering machine
asking for callback

going to work
the eagle wasn't flying
no parking lot lights#

half empty brewery
plant manager recalls
horror from his window

11pm
smoke billows against
the night sky

at midnight
the sweetest words
"we're all here and fine"

in cafeteria
black, red, yellow and white
mourn in each others' arms

at first light
NY skyline attempting to
peek through the smoke

on the way home
passing high school
quiet teenaged boys

at the brewery
everybody
stopping at the windows

midnight shift
everyone more tired
than usual

cafeteria
not a word of trash
spoken all week

Witherspoon Hazel (USA)

autumn chill
a flag at half mast
strains against the pole

Alison Williams (UK)

starless night . . .
we have only to pray
for healing rain

an'ya (USA)

noon at work -
during the job interview
three minutes silence

Alenka Zorman (Slovenia)

WTC
les marchands sans
le Temple

WTC
the stallholders without
the Temple

11 septembre
Batman for ever
à la télé

9/11
Batman for ever
on TV

pluie fine --
dans mon esprit ce midi
des hommes et des décombres

light rain --
this noon in my mind
men and rubble

men and rubble
dust in the wind
and silence

interminable
la chute du corps
le long de la paroi de verre

endless
the fall of the body
all along the face of glass

Serge Tomé, Belgium