This Poem was Submitted By: Paul R Lindenmeyer On Date: 2004-09-10 01:55:59 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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CRUCIBLE OF THE TOWERS

                                     Spilling over...............                                     In Abundance.........                                    Personified.....                                  "No greater love"....                                 most noble of human traits.                                and sustain that                               and again and again                              again and again                            those stairways                           To all who go up                                     "Tower One is collapsing!!"                                    The radio squawks back;                                   "We're on the 31st floor!"                                  The leader shouts;                                      and another and another.                                     and another and another                                    Then up another                                   smoke filled stairways.                                  shaking,                                 dark,                                Up Posted yearly In Memoriam and dedicated to all who offer themselves daily so we may live in safety and peace. From the bottom up....                               
Copyright © September 2004 Paul R Lindenmeyer

This Poem was Critiqued By: Latorial D. Faison On Date: 2004-10-07 10:28:15
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.80556
Thanks Paul, We can never forget this day. It was so horrid, but yet filled with such sacrifice. My husband just returned a few months ago from a year tour of duty in Tikrit, Iraq. I am glad he made it home. So many do not. Life is full of tragedy and things we can't understand, but it helps to be able to write it all down and find healing in the words. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful piece of your creative spirit again. Latorial www.latorial.com

This Poem was Critiqued By: Karen Ann Jacobs On Date: 2004-10-03 15:09:27
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.66667
I can only say thank you for posting this. It's beautiful. Kay
This Poem was Critiqued By: marilyn terwilleger On Date: 2004-10-01 16:57:24
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.76000
Hi Paul, I know this is a late critique but I just have to comment on this piece. My son is a fire fighter who puts his life on the line to save others. A noble profession that is over-looked way too often. My husband was a police officer, so much of my life has been a constant state of anticipation for a phone call that would bring my world tumbling down. Also the form you used is unique to demonstrate the stairs those angles of mercy climbed to save those poor victums. Very well done! Peace...Marilyn
This Poem was Critiqued By: Claire H. Currier On Date: 2004-09-19 15:29:11
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.00000
It has been three years since this tragedy has taken place and you have put forth a well constructed staircase in which these men and women climb in search of survivors ready to bring them home and in the process they too have given their lives so others may live........your words have indeed provided an image one holds within their mind and hopefully heart as well......the emotions involved three years ago remain today. Thank you for a tribute to our men and women who serve in many ways their country and fellow man and thank you for sharing this with us. God Bless, Claire I have a small pillow that I keep in my bedroom as a reminder of 9-11-00 and as you can see this is one year before the towers fell....still a reminder of life, my own life, in which I underwent open heart surgery. How ironic......still a day to never forget......
This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2004-09-13 17:28:44
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Dear Paul, Sometimes I just hate to guess at things - but I have decided that I can read your poem two ways, up from the bottom makes sense and down from the top makes sense. This subject is one of the saddest I see posted here - but I'm glad that everyone still remembers what happended that day - and pays tribute in this honorable way. I enjoyed your poem - the structure and content are both something you should be proud of having developed with your imagination. Good luck with this poem. DeniMari
This Poem was Critiqued By: James Edward Schanne On Date: 2004-09-10 09:00:23
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.00000
AS its posted yearly I guess theres not really much to be suggested except its important to remmember Thanks for letting me read
This Poem was Critiqued By: Sandra J Kelley On Date: 2004-09-10 08:59:44
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Paul, this is a great reminder of what we owe those who put themselves on the line for the rest of us. I like the structure of the poem and the repetition then another, and another...it reminds me not just of the staircases but also the number of victims and the number of heroes who just kept climbing even though it was dangerous and they had to have known that people were going to die. Real heroes. Sandra
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