A re-post, but I still feel the same as I did twelve years ago when I wrote it, so hear it is again. Read the rest of this entry »
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This Eagle
September 11, 2013 at 12:10 pm · Filed under Bad Stuff, Dark Side, Mostly true, Poems, Sometimes it just hurts ·Tagged 911, author, bin Laden, Charles L. Mashburn, Eagle, eagle this eagle, events, God, hear this Eagle scream, poetry, sadness, Septemebr 11 2001, story, the most powerful nation in the world, they have tread where they should not, this eagle scream, twin towers, United State of America, writer
Will We Soon Forget
May 6, 2011 at 8:18 am · Filed under Dark Side, Poems, Sometimes it just hurts ·Tagged 911, author, bin Laden, Charles L. Mashburn, Eagle, eagle this eagle, events, God, hear this Eagle scream, poetry, sadness, Septemebr 11 2001, story, the most powerful nation in the world, they have tread where they should not, this eagle scream, twin towers, United State of America, writer
I posted a poem this week, This Eagle–posted it a second time as, This Eagle II (that version had pictures)–that I’d written about 9/11. This is another poem I wrote the morning after September 11, 2001, as I sat in a hotel room in Port Arthur, Texas. It’s not that great as poems go, but I’m posting it because I want you to see the last stanza. Remember, this was written right after the attacks. Tell me, that for many in this country–I contend the majority–my words were not prophetic. Just sayin… Read the rest of this entry »
This Eagle II
May 5, 2011 at 8:26 pm · Filed under Bad Stuff, Dark Side, Mostly true, Poems, Sometimes it just hurts ·Tagged 911, author, bin Laden, Charles L. Mashburn, Eagle, eagle this eagle, events, God, hear this Eagle scream, poetry, sadness, Septemebr 11 2001, story, the most powerful nation in the world, they have tread where they should not, this eagle scream, twin towers, United State of America, writer
I posted my poem This Eagle a few days ago, and today, I found this copy of it a friend of mine made, adding some pictures. I thought some of you might like to see it. Read the rest of this entry »
This Eagle
May 3, 2011 at 11:49 am · Filed under Bad Stuff, Dark Side, Good stuff, Mostly true, Poems, Sometimes it just hurts ·Tagged 911, author, bin Laden, Charles L. Mashburn, Eagle, eagle this eagle, events, God, hear this Eagle scream, poetry, sadness, Septemebr 11 2001, story, the most powerful nation in the world, they have tread where they should not, this eagle scream, twin towers, United State of America, writer
I wrote this poem a few days after September 11, 2001. I was angry, and had I not been past the age where I could serve, I would have enlisted and did my best to bring bin Laden and men like him to justice. At long last, someone has done what we all demanded be done. I am still angry, and I am not afraid of the lunatics that wish to destroy us simply because we do not believe as they do. The following are my thoughts from those dreadful days after we were attacked, and even though much has changed–even in our country–I continue to believe the words I wrote back then. Read the rest of this entry »
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