These tall metal and concrete trees
Towering overhead
Without leaves to dance in the breeze
Remind me of the dead
The towers fell – because of hate
Lack of compassion can’t relate
The towers fell
The towers fell
What is this world that we create?
While this is not a true Trijian Refrain Poem as it only has one stanza, it does fulfill Patrick’s Pic and a Word Challenge #194 – Towers. With this being 4th of July weekend, my thoughts drifted to the Twin Towers in NYC and the horrific events of 9/11/01. I grew up in NYC and the Twin Towers were a definite feature in my life, especially in high school.
I remember going to the plaza between the two towers on sunny days after school. My friends and I would lay on the ground and look up at the towers. It would feel like they were swaying towards you. It was a beautiful, awe-inspiring moment that I still carry with me.
What is it about these structures that reach to the sky? That can inspire with their heights of grandeur or at times, feel like they are falling in on you?
©️ iido 2019
I Do Run 
wonderful share…
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Thank you so much!
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Your words are powerful and poignant Irma, and co-incidently, I’ve written a poem on similar lines this morning, I’m posting now.. xxx
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Oh! Great minds, Ivor! I need to catch up on my ready and will pop by yours today! ❤️
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I think we all have trouble keeping up with our readers…. Just try your best Irma, And if I get behind (Often !!) I do not stress or worry these days, you can only do what you can do !!
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Yes, but it leaves me feeling disconnected to my WP friends. Plus – my writing is so much better after reading others’ works!
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It’s one of reasons why I read so many other readers, and I try to interpret and give my comments… Writing constructive comments, I find, is great aide to assisting my writing, it makes you go outside your safe boundaries
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Very true! I always appreciate the thoughtful comments I get. It is such a good way to learn how to read and write poetry well. I always enjoy your comments!
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As I do enjoy your comments
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your poem fits the form perfectly. the towers were iconic to put it mildly. i walked through ground zero recently and still felt the presence of the towers, i still felt the shadow it cast. i wrote some poems on them and now you have reminded me to dig them out. what i loved about your structured words is hollow depths of loss and unfulfilled dreams, you pulled me into a vortex of emotions, so eloquent my dear
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Yes, I still feel this loss and the subsequent fear, horror and sadness quite profoundly. I haven’t been able to make myself go to ground zero – I know I will just go there and weep. I would love to read your words on this as well! ❤️❤️
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I remembered back in 2011, i was on my way to work.when the news of attack broke. We were oceans apart but we felt the grief and sorrow and fear. And even up to this day we remembered. Your poem fits peferctly to the symbolic image of a tower and how it inspired people.
Today, i always look at with great awe and admiration everytime i pass by the Twin Towers/Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur..it evokes so many emotions.
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That is one of the places I would love to visit (maybe pop in to see Gina!). I am always awestruck by the beautiful creations that humans have made – it takes years to create and only moments to destroy.
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That is so.true Irma…the years of labor taken down in just a few minutes..
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Evocative and poignant, a great tribute to a shocking event … can’t imagine growing up near them!
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NYC is absolutely magnificent! Have you visited? I would love to live there again….
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I remember visiting the twin towers just a year before they fell! Your words bring back the memories of NYC…such a vibrant city! Your words as always, full of evocative emotions and so poignant. ❤️❤️
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