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ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "The Tales of the Righteous"

Mar 08, 2012 20:54

This poem came out of the March 6, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. She listed three people who barred the doors to their respective classrooms during a school shooting, and I wrote about the one who snagged my interest when I first heard about this incident some years ago: Professor Liviu Librescu. You might also like to ( Read more... )

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mdlbear March 9 2012, 04:38:40 UTC

Oh. Wow.

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith March 9 2012, 04:58:26 UTC

I'm glad this touched you.

Sometimes a poet's job is merely to frame noteworthy events in a way that makes them easier to remember.

paka March 9 2012, 16:03:47 UTC

Nobody had pointed this out to me, before. Thank you.

Yay! ysabetwordsmith March 12 2012, 03:39:02 UTC

It makes me happy when I can turn people onto things like this.

may he rest in peace anonymous May 6 2017, 09:05:23 UTC

What a beautiful tribute. Did you ever send a copy to his family? I bet they'd like to have it, and I wouldn't be surprised if Virginia Tech would still have forwarding information. -- Callibr8