Paper Angels - For The Falling Man by Anne Tammel
Author: Anne Tammel
Book: Endless: A Literate Passion
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Paper Angels - For the Falling Man by Anne Tammel
A reading of my poem, Paper Angels, in memory of those who lost their lives 9/11.
Published on Sep 11, 2015
Did you have wings?
Each limb reaching toward an open
sky above New York. Spinning,
toppling, angelic, blackening
papers drift among you—
the snowflakes of September
scattered from open windows.
Could they have been the wings
of those who won’t emerge,
releasing them to an expanse
we will not touch?
We will not know.
And will we ever
gather all of those p…more
A reading of my poem, Paper Angels, in memory of those who lost their lives 9/11.
Published on Sep 11, 2015
Did you have wings?
Each limb reaching toward an open
sky above New York. Spinning,
toppling, angelic, blackening
papers drift among you—
the snowflakes of September
scattered from open windows.
Could they have been the wings
of those who won’t emerge,
releasing them to an expanse
we will not touch?
We will not know.
And will we ever
gather all of those p…more
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