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“As droplets fell through the dark” – a Poem for 9/11

by mylinhshattan | Sep 11, 2014 | On Life, On Literature, Poetry for Emergencies

Poet Billy Collins, then U.S. Poet Laureate, was asked by the Librarian of Congress to write a poem to remember the victims of 9/11 which he read at a special joint session in September 2002.  It is titled “The Names” and is worth listening to or reading....

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