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Upon the graves

Joseph Berolo

Upon the graves

Tender is the light
and bright still the flame  
upon the Towers gone today
 In a sudden flash of death.
Land of souls alive.  
their dreams  remain above the graves
America remembers  pain unknown before
a year ago in September.
 Embracing ways of hope,  
prepared for war,  the land defends  
and fight the shadows  of the unknown.  
Alert we pray in vigil night and day   
and swear never to forget.

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Alert we pray in vigil night and day and swear never to forget.

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Written on September 11, 2001

Submitted by aveviajera on December 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A XXBXXAXXXXXBX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 423
Words 85
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 13
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Joseph Berolo

 · 1934 · Bogotá

Joseph Berolo, Colombian born. swiss italian descendant. Poet and writer founder of Naciones Unidas de las Letras, United Nations of the Arts dedicated to promote world peace and harmony through the teaching of poetry and the Fine Arts in the heart and minds of young people,. more…

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