Random thoughts on writing poetry and life in general
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Twenty years ago today
I married my first husband, Pat Kervran. My friend Laurie took photographs for us, and she asked me today whether any of them included the World Trade Center. Here's the picture.
Pat died in 1993, and now the towers are gone, too. It was nice to take a moment this afternoon and look through the images of that day.
Twenty years ago today I walked with my friends to the Path Train Station, passed the prison, under and across the Hudson River from Jersey City. We laughed and stood proud under the twin towers, a monument that day for Joannie and Pat's love and marriage. Abrupt endings happened to us all in the years to come. Love, Laurie
Joannie Kervran Stangeland writes poetry and the Poe-query blog. Her new book, Into the Rumored Spring, was published by Ravenna Press. Joannie's also the author of two chapbooks--A Steady Longing for Flight (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award) and Weathered Steps (Rose Alley Press). Her poems have also appeared in The Midwest Quarterly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and other publications.
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Twenty years ago today I walked with my friends to the Path Train Station, passed the prison, under and across the Hudson River from Jersey City. We laughed and stood proud under the twin towers, a monument that day for Joannie and Pat's love and marriage. Abrupt endings happened to us all in the years to come.
Love, Laurie
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