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9/11 (Haiku) by dougsoderstrom

9/11 (and idiot edited for "the idiots" who need help in understanding the meaning of my poem!) Flames spiraling upward into the sky, (refers to the actual event which took place in New York City and Washington DC on September 11, 2001) Blood flowing downward from a cross, (refers to the teachings of Jesus Christ---especially to his exhortation that we should attempt to love "our neighbor"---even perhaps "our enemy"- -----The radical Moslems, etc.) More mangled bodies lying on the ground? (The "question of the day for America"------should we go to war with and thus invade Iraq which will undoubtedly lead to the deaths of many more innocent human beings, however this time they will be Iraqian human beings-------human beings, all of who have moms, dads, brothers, sisters, sons, or daughters---who have, by the way, also been created in the Image of God).

dougsoderstrom 13-Sep-02/10:47 AM
Dear Limness:

It is my opinion the poem, as I originally wrote it was rather obvious-----that is, I thought that it would be obvious to the audience here at poemranker.com-----that is, the kind of people who are in to reading and writing poetry. But perhaps I was wrong---the level of sophistication that I expected, may well not "be there'---that is, here at "poemranker."

Perhaps you are correct in regards to why my poem made some folks cringe----perhaps they cringed so because----- they were not smart enough to figure it out, because I apparently sound so much like "a democrat, because Christianity should have nothing to do with what happened on 9/11, because forgiving (that is, trying to understand why) our enemy might want to do such an awful thing to us "as Americans," or because I, as "an American," should not engage myself with (that is, to be concerned about) the possible death of tens, or even perhaps, hundreds of thousands of Iraqians sometime down the line after our President chooses to go to war with Iraq??????

Is that what your comment was referring to, Limness?

Doug




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