ablaze addiction air alarm andiron aroma arson asbestos ash ashtray backdraft backfire bake ban band barbacue bellows billow blacken blaze blend bloom blow blowtorch bomb bonfire bong bouquet brand breathe brimstone bud bunsen-burner burn butt campfire cancer candle candlestick canister cannabis carbon carbon-monoxide carburetor carcinogen carton "catch fire" cauldron ceasefire chainsmoker chalice char charcoal chimney "chipper" choke cigar cigarette cigarillo cinder "coffin nail" coal combust conflagrate consume convection contain cook Corona cough crack craving cremate crematorium Cuban cure cutter dank dependence detector detonator diesel ditchweed dog-iron dopamine drill drag dragon draw dynamite ember emission engine enkindle emphysema escape evacuation exhale exhaust exit explosive extinguish fag fatwood feed fiery filtered fire firebug firecracker firedog firefighter fireplace fireproof firetrap firetruck firework five-alarm flame flammable flare flashover flickering forge freebase fuel "full flavor" fume fumigate furnace fuse ganja gasoline gasp grate grenade grill gun gust habit hash Havana haze HAZMAT headshop heat hearth hell hellfire hellhole hemp herb hickory hit holder holding holocaust hookah hose hot huffing humidor hydrant ignite incense incendiary incinerate inferno inflammable inhale iron joint kiln kindle kindling kings ladder lamp lantern lava Lent light lighter lightning locoweed log lox lung mantel marijuana match matchbook matchbox menthol nicotine oil-lamp opium oven pack parch parejo patch panatela paper "peace pipe" perfecto phlogiston pipe plume pot powder presidente puff pump punk "put out" pyre pyromania pyrotechnic quit reefer retardant ring roach roast roll "roll your own" screen scorch sear second-hand shade-grown signal singe sizzle skywriting slag slim smelt smolder smoke "smoke-filled rooms" "smokes" smokescreen "smoking a cloud" "smoking gun" smother smudge "social smoker" spark spiff spit spread stain steam stifle stogie stove strike subdue suffocate sulfur squib tabacco tallow "take a hit" taper tar tinder tinderbox toast tobacco toke torch torpedo "touch off" trigger unfiltered "ultra lights" urge vapor vat vent ventless ventilation volcano votive wax weed withdrawal wheeze wick wildfire wind wrapper yellowed yulelog Zippo 100s 420

SUBMISSION POLICY

Poetry (any form or style) and Micro or Flash Fictions wanted for an anthology on SMOKE. Not just the black clouds rising from the five-alarm fire next door, or the billowing plumes of smoke warning us of a forest fire, or the emissions from factory smoke stacks, apartment house incinerators, and crematoriums, smoke rings rise from cigarettes, smoke pours out of headshops, pipe shops & cigar stores--see that purple haze rising over the fields of poppies and marijuana we just planted--we've used it to communicate via smoke signals and skywriting, to cover our tracks and disappear with and without mirrors, combat the enemy on and off the battlefield, kill bugs, flavor food, cure illness, declare peace treaties, and fragrance our homes. Got the idea? Release it onto the page.

Guidelines: Submit up to three poems/micro fictions or two flash fictions at a time with a fascinating bio of 35 words or less, not just limited to publication credits, copy/pasted in the body of an e-mail (no attachments, please) to roxy533 at yahoo dot com & . We will also entertain up to six one-liners or 2 short stand up routines at time. Previously published work is OK as long as authors have retained the copyright, which will be returned to them after publication. Simultaneous submissions are encouraged. If your work is accepted elsewhere, and you still have obtained rights to republish, just let us know where and we'll be happy to acknowledge the other publication.

If you do not receive a response from us within a month of your submission considered it rejected and feel free to submit again. Due to the volume of submissions we cannot respond to each and every individual submission. Selection for the on-line edition are made on a ongoing basis as we receive your submissions. However, final selections for the print edition will made after the October 31st deadline. (In otherwords not everything that made the cut for the online edition will appear in print.) Please do not query. When in doubt, send the submission to roxy533 at yahoo dot com &

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Ground Zero

A ground of heroes
Trying to save those who could not evade the day
A day that will never fade
Many buried under a trouble of rubble
Graves, unmarked graves
Bodies broken and torn beyond recognition
An unthinkable strike came to fruition
The devastation of man made creation
The situation seems bleak has havoc was wreaked
The Twin Towers was a symbol of power
Took years to build knocked down in less than an hour
These buildings etched our skyline
Most took for granted they’d stand the test of time
Workers inside typing, trading, clicking, mailing, faxing, emailing, talking, telephoning, walking, waiting, goofing off, debating, thinking of tonight, that they’d make love tonight or overcome a marital fight
In an instant their lives were gone, gone, gone
Thrown into terror this should’ve been an error
It’s a nightmare instead
This fear
This smoke
Did commercial planes fly into the World Trade Center?
My mind can’t get around it
can’t understand it.
The smoke rises out of the copy room window
Thick black smoke
Smoke to choke
Smoke to kill
A smoke of death
I stare into the distance expecting to see The Towers materialize before my eyes
The words fall out of peoples mouths and rest on my ears
Did you hear! The World Trade Centers fell! They’re gone!
Trying to process
to compute, how many people worked in those buildings, how many kids will not have a mother, a father, a bother, a sister, a boyfriend a girlfriend, a close friend, an enemy, a loved one a spouse
MISSING is the word that is flashed across the TV screen
M I S S I N G
So many missing
Missing in action,
Lost, disappeared into a cloud of dust - just like that - missing
How they’re missing them
Missing them
Hoping wishing
Praying looking
Countless sleepless nights.
“What floor were they on? It’s a phrase
What floor?
How high?
In our minds we imagine
We do the math
How fast could they get down to get out
Breakdowns shout.
The trauma of the tragedy is woven deep in my mind
The trauma of the traumatized as a nation needs therapy
I saw planes crash into buildings people burned alive
We have witnesses to see thousands die.
80 stories high people jump to their deaths
In my dreams I see it again and again



by Dubblex
Posted by Joy Leftow at 8:29 AM
Labels: ,

16 comments:

  1. Grant B.February 23, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    https://sites.google.com/site/freebies153/home

    ReplyDelete
  2. freEbooksAugust 3, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    http://booksnhacks.blogspot.com/
    visit for non smoking books

    ReplyDelete
  3. MikeDecember 15, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    Thanks for the article. Very interesting. essay example

    ReplyDelete
  4. Logo DesignerDecember 20, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    Great blog and post, keep it up i will be subscribing to your feed!
    Custom Logo Design

    ReplyDelete
  5. ruzzel01January 3, 2012 at 8:04 AM

    A new hope is what i can read inside the blog.

    nj drug rehab

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. john mcoveyJanuary 17, 2012 at 3:37 PM

      This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for this..  I appreciate your blog! Thanks!

      spice smoke

      Delete
  6. UnknownJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:42 AM

    nice poem http://googletraveller.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. minepeFebruary 27, 2012 at 2:25 PM

    Good work.
    lifedecoblog

    ReplyDelete
  8. KevinJune 27, 2012 at 1:34 AM

    In an Exchange environment, the administrator has not configured the Outlook 2010 download Security settings to disallow changes to the attachment security behavior..
    Outlook developers aware of this change will have a significant impact, but a lot of performance data on a careful analysis, is still made this decision.In cases like this, Outlook 2010 Group Policy stability configuration settings set up to make use of Trade Host protection variety settings seeing that secure.

    ReplyDelete
  9. UnknownJanuary 30, 2015 at 3:23 PM

    Viewing the ads, playing games, upgrade plans, more earnings, referral earnings, bonus points and more, join now www.paidverts.com

    ReplyDelete
  10. Edward BrownJanuary 6, 2020 at 6:15 AM

    A good blog always comes-up with new and exciting information and while reading I have feel that this blog is really have all those quality that qualify a blog to be a one גמילה מנייס גאי

    ReplyDelete
  11. markthomsonJanuary 20, 2020 at 9:54 PM

    I love this blog!! The flash up the top is awesome!! ugo-v ii

    ReplyDelete
  12. ADMINJuly 30, 2020 at 12:21 AM

    I can recommend primarily decent and even responsible tips, as a result view it: quickbook data entry

    ReplyDelete
  13. ADMINOctober 14, 2020 at 6:33 AM

    This particular papers fabulous, and My spouse and i enjoy each of the perform that you have placed into this. I’m sure that you will be making a really useful place. I has been additionally pleased. Good perform! fashiondio

    ReplyDelete
  14. AnastasiaNovember 22, 2020 at 11:39 PM

    This is done on your exhalation of the smoke inside the propensity to influence actual pressure, that influences feelings. Smoking can be viewed as a breathing propensity to influence pressure and a people enthusiastic state of mind. weed delivery toronto

    ReplyDelete
  15. SophiaNovember 28, 2020 at 4:07 AM

    Since smoking is a bunch of made feelings that is utilized each time individual pickup a cigarette and when an individual quit getting that cigarette it changes their entire enthusiastic experience. Resources

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)