New-York, 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
Serge Tomé
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)
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
half-mast -- september sunshine streams through green maple leaves
11 September 2001
Heather Madrone, USA
war on terrorism a storm of yellow leaves from the honey locust
15 October 2001
Heather Madrone, USA
WTC 1995
the World Trade Center at dusk -- a pair of sunsets
Paul David Mena (USA)