9/11 +12

Friends, as you know, today is the twelfth anniversary of 9/11. During the Poem-a-Day challenge of NaPoWriMo 2013, I composed a poem looking forward to this specific anniversary. Seems only fitting to re-post that poem today. Dedicated to all the dead and wounded from that fateful day in 2001, from the wars that ensued, from the entire aftermath of the thing. 9/11     +12     —a hay(na)ku sonnet Wingless sparrows fell from ashen skies. Ghosts loomed from fog of ash. Twelve years later, still entangled: Afghanistan. Bin Laden dead. Hourglass sand slipping us downslope: ash inferno downfall empire. —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Like many of you, I'm sure, I wish we were done with 9/11 and the awfulness it engendered. Please, God. For more on this poem and the circumstances of its writing, take a look at the original blog post in which it appeared. Won't you comment, please? Look for a blue link below that says "Post a comment"; if you don't see that, look in the red line that says "Posted by" and click on the word "comments." Ingat, everyone. Peace.