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9/11 - The Jumpers (Free verse) by Caducus
Kodak graves Imperial canvasses, where the fallen made impact as flesh spears in soft pools of voyeurs eyes. Kodak graves, desecrated by censorship by memory assassins in a white house built on the land of free speech. It happened, pavements were portals leaving a symphony of haunting vellum drums. It happened, Allah was a household name his beard an omen in cirrhus clouds, Islam’s message was a 747 on a jouney to America crash landing on Muslims. It happened. The jumpers jumped. Twin towers fell and what has risen ?

Down the ladder: All the rain has fallen

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Posted: March 30, 2006 6:22 AM PST; Last modified: March 30, 2006 6:23 AM PST
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[n/a] Caducus @ 86.141.200.191 | 30-Mar-06/6:24 AM | Reply
Inspired by the channel 4 documentary 'jumpers 911'.

[8] zodiac @ 209.193.18.128 | 30-Mar-06/1:44 PM | Reply
This is full of bad language, mixed metaphors, and factual errors. Also, ending a poem with a question is never a good idea.
[n/a] Caducus @ 80.168.196.108 > zodiac | 31-Mar-06/12:20 AM | Reply
factual errors?
[8] zodiac @ 209.193.14.137 > Caducus | 31-Mar-06/7:59 AM | Reply
"cirrus clouds". "747". "journey to America".

Besides that, you've somehow managed to make poetic writing sound even clumsier and less-poetic than normal speech.
[6] matt door @ 65.32.138.73 | 30-Mar-06/8:30 PM | Reply
Your skills have'nt risen - that's for sure!"the jumpers jumped"? "twin towers fell"? Come on - be a tad more crafty than this? Too basic.
[n/a] Caducus @ 80.168.196.108 > matt door | 31-Mar-06/12:29 AM | Reply
You've picked the part of the poem which is basic yes. The klast stanza is possibly preachy maybe though i wanted to pose a question.

A lot of thought has gone into this, for instance cirrhus clouds are beard shaped and travel east to west,pavements were portals (to heaven? an epiphany of hope?) Kodak graves - hopefully thats obvious.

I hope irony is in here too in stanza 2.

These jumpers were often referred to as 'suicide jumpers' - harsh words from some especially in the fact that catholics go to hell if they take their own lives, but hell was forced upon these people and it was burn or die. I would feel like shit as a relative having people label my loved one as a suicide jumper because faith is tested in loss enough as it is without the wounding words of those that play god with statements.

Poetry like this is always a taboo in a way but I tried hard to avoid cliche and trite images and the basic part was their to lead people to how they feel now years after, slightly desensitized and less raw from that day and re-evaluate how they feel about something that was attempted to be covered up when infact everyone knew.

All Americans i know are educated, decent people except for one and he's the guy who wouldnt know the hole in his ass.

Thabnks for reading it.
[7] Ranger @ 86.131.60.114 | 3-Apr-06/2:27 AM | Reply
'Kodak graves' is great, as is 'Allah...his beard an omen in clouds' (regardless of whether or not they were actually cirrhus). I'd agree about the last stanza though.
Stanza three is magnificent.
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