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Sep.16- 2025

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September

a searing gash
the world still lives through
Sep.11~
as phoenix proudly rises
from ashes, life resurrects.

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Victor Buhagiar

September 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM

A disaster never to be forgotten. From far away my wife woke me up to watch. Great poetry.

sara Etgen-Baker

September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM

your poem was mindful and heavy with the remembrance of a day that forever changed our country. Well done, Valsa!

Danny Derden

September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM

Your poem is solemn and uplifting—each line carries the weight of remembrance and the resilience of rebirth. The phoenix metaphor is powerful, honoring loss while affirming hope. You've captured a moment that changed the world with grace and strength.

Kim Rodrigues

September 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM

And then one heartache on top of another. Visiting the 911 museum and seeing the reflection pools was sobering. I took pics of the towers in June that year. I was on the top of the Empire State Building. My sis was on top of the twin towers in August that year! One of the firemen was someone I graduated with (h.s.) Our history..what we live through! Hugs and peace, sweet Valsa xx

Valsa George

September 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM

I too had been to the twin towers in June as a tourist. Hardly after three months, I accidentally witnessed that horrifying incident at the very moment it happened, as we were watching some news on the T.V. We didn't know what really happened. After two years I could visit the site with my sister and family staying in the U.S. Then the renovation works were in progress. It was sad to see the towers we had seen in all their majesty sometime back, being raced down to mere rubble.

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