tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post2537100612136474348..comments2024-03-28T13:51:43.814-04:00Comments on Beyond LiteracyLink: Hearts Recollect 9/11Carol Varsalonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-80224086545018225542021-09-13T09:51:32.286-04:002021-09-13T09:51:32.286-04:00Michelle, thank you for stopping by to honor the f...Michelle, thank you for stopping by to honor the fallen heroes. What is hard for me to believe that the lessons we learned from this tragedy are not being honored today. The kindness and solidarity following 9/11 should be carried by all into this decade.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-50815809746013461962021-09-12T16:17:12.076-04:002021-09-12T16:17:12.076-04:00Thanks for this moving and poignant poem-tribute y...Thanks for this moving and poignant poem-tribute you composed honoring all those lives lost to 9-11 Carol. These lines stand out to me as I felt the emotion of them while hearing them and then viewing a replay of what happened,<br /> "Disbelief, despair<br />Rose from ashes."<br />Choosing a blackout poem is powerful and echoes the sadness too.Michelle Koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575814872372518994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-59734675820879200032021-09-12T14:29:06.693-04:002021-09-12T14:29:06.693-04:00Yes, that day was devastatingly sad, Ruth. In the ...Yes, that day was devastatingly sad, Ruth. In the elementary Gr 1-4 building that I was in (reading specialist), we tried our hardest to keep the classrooms going without interruption. Parents filtered in during the day to pick up their children. All TVs in classrooms were not supposed to be on so that parents could discuss the issue with the children when at home. Staff was worried about their own family. The sun was bright and beautiful as the Wall Street area of NYC went down in ruins.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-49813365802300681632021-09-12T13:29:52.013-04:002021-09-12T13:29:52.013-04:00Such a sad day. Such a sad day. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-28515169167436467662021-09-12T08:53:04.062-04:002021-09-12T08:53:04.062-04:00Elizabeth, I just read your poem and this thought ...Elizabeth, I just read your poem and this thought made me stop to remember 9/11 again: "Some dots will always make us pause<br />to remember." Thanks.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-38922526936101957032021-09-12T08:14:22.378-04:002021-09-12T08:14:22.378-04:00Last night there was another special about the chi...Last night there was another special about the children of 9/11 20 years later. I don't think 9/11 will ever be forgotten. There was hope in the hearts of the young adults that gave me such peace. Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-6418919630289575742021-09-12T08:07:00.149-04:002021-09-12T08:07:00.149-04:00Kat, you are right about the solidarity. My daught...Kat, you are right about the solidarity. My daughter and her friends organized a candlelight march in our village days after the happening. One of her fellow classmates' mother died in the first tower blowout of the 14th floor and her father was in Japan working at the time. The march was filled with tears and tribute.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-61084069864249629652021-09-12T07:50:38.101-04:002021-09-12T07:50:38.101-04:00Jone, the blackout poem gave me comfort as I const...Jone, the blackout poem gave me comfort as I constructed it. It needed no doodles or zentangle art because the day twenty years ago was filled with black and light (My husband was traveling to NJ for work and saw the 2nd plane hit the tower. He had to stay in Jersey overnight but there was the thought that he would arrive safely home.)Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-48606933016859672502021-09-12T07:39:36.692-04:002021-09-12T07:39:36.692-04:00I find peace this morning reading the comments fro...I find peace this morning reading the comments from my poetry friends, Denise. I think back and pray for all the families that were struck by 9/11. If I were back on Long Island, I would be at the memorial services in our town and a nearby one but since I am not, I have images of what the services would be like and faith that everyone grieving will find hope in the light.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-86910919021578019012021-09-12T07:14:20.153-04:002021-09-12T07:14:20.153-04:00After reading your 9/11 poem, Linda, I can say the...After reading your 9/11 poem, Linda, I can say the highlighted words in my poem are signposts of the darkness underneath-words that needed to be unearthed. Thanks for bringing that to mind. I shall keep this poem in my pocket to remember all the lives lost and the families that remained. Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-21008923068419648612021-09-12T07:06:27.067-04:002021-09-12T07:06:27.067-04:00Linda, looking backwards to 911 is difficult but i...Linda, looking backwards to 911 is difficult but it was our village's reality. Life is fragile and uncertain and that horrific event proves this. When watching the special last night about the children of 911, I did feel the hope that sprouts from pain. 20 years later, COVID fills the world with sadness and yet we still hope for better times.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-47430701904335786792021-09-12T07:01:29.522-04:002021-09-12T07:01:29.522-04:00Mary Lee, this weekend has been spent recalling th...Mary Lee, this weekend has been spent recalling the moments from 911. My son and I were noting that if we were in Rockville Centre we would have attended the memorials but since we are here in VA, we are still keeping the flame lit. Thanks for sharing this memory with me.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-34782605711485829782021-09-11T08:59:21.432-04:002021-09-11T08:59:21.432-04:00Carol, your post makes this horrific event so much...Carol, your post makes this horrific event so much more real. The world will never lose the shock of that day - or the sorrow. So much sadness. And yet, so much solidarity, too. Thinking of you as you remember that day - and the days that followed.KatApel - katswhiskers.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297639228969549518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-25684397415185180532021-09-10T19:26:54.700-04:002021-09-10T19:26:54.700-04:00Thank you for sharing your story and memory of tha...Thank you for sharing your story and memory of that day twenty years ago. I was taken by the black out for. It is so appropriate.Jonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299647754479967070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-14654625953572341402021-09-10T18:31:35.090-04:002021-09-10T18:31:35.090-04:00Oh, Carol, I am sad to hear of so much loss in you...Oh, Carol, I am sad to hear of so much loss in your community then. It was a day for all of us to mourn, but you & others closer were struck so hard. I love the poem & its origin and actually like that you showed the blackout of it, starkly there, that day years ago. Thanks for sharing your special remembrance.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-86417361207581372182021-09-10T16:25:28.986-04:002021-09-10T16:25:28.986-04:00Your words strike home in me. That day was such a ...Your words strike home in me. That day was such a nightmare that wouldn't end. The words in your blackout poem are so impactful for me as they are scattered throughout the blacked out lines. There's a heaviness between the bits of light. I cannot imagine the grief in LI even now. Thank you for putting words to it...finding the words, really.Linda Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833034575304594924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-86594014569041352732021-09-10T11:01:09.360-04:002021-09-10T11:01:09.360-04:00Carol, I cried reading your poem and listening to ...Carol, I cried reading your poem and listening to "Fallen Heroes." I can only wish that those lost that day and who suffer now will never be forgotten. Janice Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913934779785635150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-37690777584587681242021-09-10T10:34:53.337-04:002021-09-10T10:34:53.337-04:00I think those of us who remember that day are alwa...I think those of us who remember that day are always in a dialogue with ourselves, and our memories, with regards to the events of 9/11, sI like how you turned to your own posts about the attack as the basis for your new poem. It reflects this idea. I can only echo Mary Lee, thank you for sharing your poems and your memories with us today.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051371332314735643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-69776508273012280122021-09-10T10:26:16.138-04:002021-09-10T10:26:16.138-04:00Carol, my I haven't known anyone personally wh...Carol, my I haven't known anyone personally who had so many people from their community killed that day. What a greater shock for you who saw the smoke and ash and had people not come home that day. I was in Phoenix, Arizona, when it happened. Your retold journeys here are a nice tribute and memorial. Peace to you. Denise Krebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00583406241247334445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587706174618725555.post-42244780357932003372021-09-10T10:05:28.270-04:002021-09-10T10:05:28.270-04:00Thank you for sharing your poems and your memories...Thank you for sharing your poems and your memories. What a shock that must have been for your community.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.com