Question

Give me an inspirational poem for 9/11

Answer 1

Write from the perspective of a person surviving and returning home to their family

Or a firefighter

If you need inspiration, Bruce Springsteen wrote an album about the 9/11 attacks

Answer 2

Silence (over Manhattan)

by Paula Bardell

A black September shadow cloaks the dawn,

The City’s once white teeth now rotting stumps,

Midst choking dusty embers ether-borne,

Its shrunken soundless heart now barely pumps.

Infernos upon retribution rise,

Fanaticism maddening the flames,

Its once imposing deities abscise,

As the faceless antagonist proclaims:

A consummation sweet but unfulfilled,

A penetrative burst without regret,

A zealous passion never to be stilled,

An earthly instinct powerful, and yet –

This bitter loathing blowing from the East,

Curtailed but could not kill the feisty beast.

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