By: Juanita A. Spaulding

This is my country,
You terrorists have attacked.
I want you to know,
That it will not go unanswered.
It will go down in history
As another display of infamy.

Those were innocent people you killed;
They did you no harm,
Or gave you hatred.
There won't be a place to hide,
Because the good Lord knows who
To attribute those fine souls to.

You, who think it funny,
Who shout and yell and cheer,
Just damned your own.
So learn to fear,
A cry for justice you will hear.

Evelyn Ruth Snow

Copyright ©2001 Evelyn Snow

Let us sing the song of freedom,
for everyone to hear.
To let those know both near and far,
America does not fear.
We all will stand together,
as now we know we should.
To overcome and surge ahead,
to protect what's right and good.
And let us not forget the ones,
that put lives on the line,
The bravest of us all it seems,
who went before their time.
We have a task ahead of us,
that seems so hard to do.
But we have faith,
we have the strength,
the power to pull through.
We trust in all our leaders,
to guide us on our course.
To punish all that are involved,
and use whatever force.
Don't let the few who can't relate,
tear all of us apart.
No matter what our color or creed,
We are Americans at heart.

Author: Scot Davis

It's with deepest sympathy I write this poem.
To all Americans in their great native home Nine, Eleven, Zero One (9/11/01)
It's forever etched in the minds of everyone
The brave souls lost on this disastrous day
Will NOT long be forgotten in any minuet way
This fateful day that has affected us all
Has made your people stand more just and tall
With people's spirits unbounded to no end
The world watches proudly as you try to mend
Losses, grieve and sorrow that surround you
Take comfort, a world's strength is behind you
I know, Freedom, Justice and Liberty for all
And uniting together was this country's call
With this as your backbone for all to see
I know your country will always live free
With a heart wrenching feeling of deep sorrow
For losses suffered from this act so immoral
My condolences to a people steadfast and true
For believing in themselves and a future anew.

Written by: Blandine Chura

Your mission has not been accomplished! Yes, you have destroyed buildings and taken thousands of lives but you have not killed the American spirit.

Americans do not go in hiding to lick their wounds. They stand tall and firm and fight back. We will never let cowards of any kind destroy us. Your colleagues have died in vane but our deaths were not meaningless.

This horrible tragedy has served as a wake up call for the rest of the world. They now realize that this could happen to them and they have joined forces with us against the terrorists. Your terrorists have accomplished one thing--they have united the world against themselves. While you terrorists may have felt you had an enemy in the United States of America, you now have enemies all over the world who are bent on destroying you.

You have given us Americans another opportunity to show the rest of the world our strength and our ability to come together and to recover from whatever adversity strikes us. We have helped so many countries on so many occasions but we stood alone through many tragic events, floods, tornados, earthquakes and no one offered aid. Well, you have changed that. You have united the people of the world against your kind of violence and they will not stand for it. You will not be able to hide-no one will harbor you for they know that they too will be punished. You will be found and will be severely punished not only by men, but God as well.

Louella M. Kelly - One Proud American