I do not think you should feel a need to apologise for this, you would have
to have a veritable heart of stone not to be affected by the events.

STEVE RUDD
----- Original Message -----
From: Maryann Hazen-Stearns <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:34 PM
Subject: New Sub: Knocking at the Gate


> Hello Friends,
>
> Thanks for all the well-wishes and prayers; your heartfelt support is
> appreciated more than you can know. :O) We are coping. My immediate family
> is safe and sound, and we pray for those who were not as fortunate.
>
> Strangely, if I may share this with you, under the circumstances, I read
> an email this morning from a poetry publisher stating that he/she has been
> receiving loads of poetry submissions and would absolutely not consider
> publishing any poetry related to the subject of the recent terrorist
> attacks on the US. The reasons given were that it was too soon, people are
> still waiting, still griving, still freshly in shock, and that people
> could best serve their community by donating whatever they can by way of
> blood, money, time, food, shelter...etc.
>
> These points are well taken, however, for some of us, poetry is a way of
> grieving, of coping, of coming to terms with something that is beyond our
> comprehension. Poetry is the way some of us deal with issues and with that
> in mind...I can not, NOT write about it. Please know though, that I do not
> have small children, mine are grown, however, my husband and I really were
> told that prayers for the lost and/or survivors would not be permitted in
> the schools. Go figure...anyway, I mean no disrespect in my continued
> writing, it is what I do, it is how I cope.
>
> ~*~
>
> Knocking At The Gate
> September 12, 2001
>
> We've been informed that prayer
> is no longer permitted
> in our public school
> May we at least offer
> a moment of silence
> to do with as we choose
> in respect
>
> I've explained to my six year old
> the reason your teacher said
> there are no planes
> allowed to fly today
> is because the sky
> is full of angels
> making their way to heaven
> and we must do all we can
> to clear the way
>
> A moment of silence
> from each of us
> may be just enough
> for God to hear
> the knocking at his gate
>
> ~*~
>
> Cheerwell, Mary :O)
>
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> Maryann Hazen-Stearns
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