Surprise, Surprise!!!FINALIST in the Poetry Category for
IN THE AFTERMATH- 9/11 Through
a Volunteer's Eyes
Honored for the recognition. Not
only for the book but for all the first
responders, recovery workers &
volunteers at Ground Zero,
especially since the 20th
anniversary of cleanup & recovery
took place on May 30,2022 at the
National 9/11 Memorial & Museum
in NYC. We will remember you...
*****
!!!!NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON BOOKS!!!!
Praise for...
"In the Aftermath-
9/11 Through
a Volunteer's Eyes"
Book Launch from the NYC Fire
Museum: from the Chat Room---
"Strength, beauty, courage, sadness,
care all come through your reading.
"Brava, Beth. Beautiful, Moving.
"Your poems captured the gravity
of 9/11. All the sadness comes back
Thank you for memorializing this
terrible time.
"Powerful rendering of your experience.
Especially poignant to hear multiple perspectives,
and see how differently the impact was felt depending
on one's role."
And from the Reviewers...
"Nostalgic and poignant, honorary
and honest, with a voice raw and
uniquely its own, this collection
captures the immediate and distant
aftermath of a tragedy still prominent
in American minds."
RECOMMENDED by
the US REVIEW of Books
****4 out of 4 Star****
Rating from the OnLine
Book Club!
*****Five out of Five Star Rating
from Book Commentary
AND...
Now a part of the
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
archive, "POETRY of 9/11"
Books can be also be purchased
through
Amazon Books-beth skmorris
or by contacting,
bethsabard@aol.com.
"Not Like Orpheus"
from In the Aftermath- 9/11 Through a Volunteer's Eyes.
An excerpt of the poem appears below:
I made myself stay
in the passenger seat,
used my asthma as an excuse,
rolled up the windows when we
got to the Pile, let others unload
water and candy from the van...
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The 9/11 Memorial Glade at the 9/11 Memorial
and Museum, NYC honoring all those first
responders who have died of 9/11 related
diseases since September 11, 2001.
Excerpt from "At the Memorial"
Three Thousand photos
Dress uniforms, wedding gowns
Bind the museum walls
Youth rising above the pit
Lives descending into stone
