Kim Rodrigues Poet Tanka

September 12th 2021

 So many more have died from ground zero exposure.
Let us never forget!

September 12th 2021

twenty years later
dust, chemicals, fumes, fibers
the body count climbs
we remember gravediggers
who lingered after the fall

9/12/2021

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Andrea Dietrich September 12, 2021 at 3:16 PM so true. I wonder if their families got compensation at all? I just watched on Netflix a movie called Worth, and how they arrived at compensating many of the first victims. Kim Rodrigues September 12, 2021 at 9:00 PM I watched that movie too. Very interesting. How do you compensate a human life…

Sotto Poet September 12, 2021 at 7:51 AM It is a beautiful tanka, Kim, for those events will live in our memories forever Kim Rodrigues September 12, 2021 at 9:00 PM Thank you, Lasaad!

JC Brul September 12, 2021 at 7:01 AM We will always remember….A fine commemorative tanka! Best wishes. Kim Rodrigues September 12, 2021 at 9:01 PM Thank you, JCB!

Victor Buhagiar September 12, 2021 at 6:08 AM A date to remember. Kim Rodrigues September 12, 2021 at 9:01 PM Yes!

Tom Cunningham September 12, 2021 at 5:36 AM You're right Kim, many more died afterwards after inhaling that toxic dust and many survivors have ongoing health problems. Tom Kim Rodrigues September 12, 2021 at 5:53 AM We must remember them all. God bless and thank you, Tom.