A Year Of Anniversaries Poem by David Harris

A Year Of Anniversaries

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This year is a year of anniversaries,
and I remember where I was,
and what I was doing on each of them,
when the news came through.
The death of two famous people
who had an effect on our lives
and a diabolical act of terrorism
one could never forget.
That stunned nations around the world.

Thirty years ago,
the world was stunned by the passing of a king.
The king of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.
Although his voice was silenced
on a bathroom floor,
he left with us all a legacy
of his music that will live eternally.

Ten years ago the world lost a Princess
in a car crash in Paris.
A Royal Princess of the likes no one had ever seen before,
whose gentleness and kindness
with everyone she met
will always be remembered.
She was Diana, Princess of Wales,
but she was more than that,
she was a Princess to the world.
She reached out to the poor and rich alike.
She was mourned by millions across every land.
The legacy she left is to befriend everyone.

Then six years ago, something happened.
It drew together nations,
who sometimes were at odds with one another,
to defeat an enemy
whose fingers stretched across many lands.
Loved ones of many nations mourned
when the twin towers crumbled to the ground
in a diabolical act of terror.
Planes were ordered out of the sky,
and for days after as I remember
I never saw a single bird fly.
Silence drew a cloud around the world,
on that day of infamy,
11 September 2001.
Images flew around the world to television screens.
Everyone looked in disbelief
at the pictures that they saw.
The unimaginable had happened.
Terror had struck
the corner stone of freedom
with one almighty blow.
The world was a sad place that day
as many millions cried.

Now the anniversaries have rolled around.
Memories of what I was doing on those days,
come to the forefront of my mind,
of how I felt,
where I was,
when for a few minutes around the world
time stood still in my life.

So I ask as you finish this poem to take a minute of your time to remember all those who lost their lives and those who risked their lives to save people most didn’t know six years ago today.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Andrew mark Wilkinson 11 September 2007

Yes the many victims must be remembered, just going to work on a normal day like the rest of us do, day after day, just to have their futures taken away...10

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Duncan Wyllie 11 September 2007

I will mention the occasion that I know most about, It was Princess Diana's Funeral Both myself and my eldest brother camped near the west- wing of westminster cathedral, on the pathment The feeling was of calm and it was an experience I felt compelled to share, unforgetable, Also the weather changed on the day of the funeral from drissly to blue skies and the crying of people was from the heart, so many different nationalities, yet all with the same comman cause to be there so many people were so deeply moved, and yet many could not place exactly what drew them their, except to say that this lady was something special...... Love duncan X

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