{"id":9585,"date":"2011-09-10T01:12:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T01:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9585"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=9585","title":{"rendered":"September 11th by Thepoet (A poem originally published in the SRF 9\/14\/2001)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEPTEMBER 11th <\/B><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/B>
By- Thepoet, \u00a0SRF Feature Writer <\/I>


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We have all, perhaps,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sat motionless…
\u00a0Staring and feeling..
the heights of evil horror
\u00a0while the sights
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we see on TV
\u00a0Drive us to the depths..
\u00a0\u00a0 of agonizing grief…
\u00a0as the, mostly,peaceful
\u00a0planet..had happiness stolen
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 by a brutal thief. <\/FONT>
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\u00a0As I watched the dark cloud,
\u00a0of smoke….spiral upward..
\u00a0into the Azure sky………
\u00a0A small amount of relief,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 came over me,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I know not why…..

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\u00a0<\/DIV>
\u00a0For the cloud began to change color
\u00a0First Yellow.. then White..
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 as it left my sight.
\u00a0A thought entered my mind……
\u00a0[hopefully not offending]
\u00a0I mean this to be kind………
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and I hope I’m not alone
\u00a0I feel the cloud became dust
\u00a0of innocent angels………….
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 going home.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks for reading
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ron Dawson[aka thepoet] <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/P>

<\/EM><\/STRONG>\u00a0<\/P>

Note:<\/EM><\/STRONG>\u00a0 Back in 2001, the SimRacing Form website (the forerunner of the Black Type Bugler) published a column in its Features section called Racing Verse<\/EM> by Thepoet.\u00a0 For four months, Thepoet (a.k.a. ezmoney) published 13 poems with us, ranging from the first one about the Kentucky Derby<\/A>\u00a0through fun topics covering\u00a0the Belmont, jockeys, handicappers, superstar Buda With The Slew, and even the year’s west coast Sim gathering.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/P>

Racing Verse’s<\/EM>\u00a0final poem was published on Friday, September 14th in Week 1152’s preview issue.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Three days after September 11th, 2001, we were all raw with emotion and didn’t feel like posting an issue.\u00a0\u00a0 To our surprise, many writers\u00a0submitted previews and we all took our minds off of the week’s events by playing the Sim\u00a0not only through its motions, but all the way<\/EM>, which included articles about the game’s stakes races (this at a time when the game was smaller with less tracks and graded races — the SimRacing Form covered as many tracks’ listed stakes\u00a0as we could each week).\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The writers were called “Beat Reporters” back then.\u00a0 <\/P>

Of all the track articles, columns, interviews, stories, and features that editor Roys Mansur and I published during those early years, Thepoet’s September 11th<\/EM> poem was undoubtedly the most memorable.\u00a0 It was spontaneous, raw — it went to your gut and stayed there long after it went online.\u00a0 The poem\u00a0meant something to us as editors — it\u00a0reminded us of who we were and what we were attempting to do:\u00a0\u00a0bringing the trivial game to life, even (and despite) when life trivializes us all.\u00a0 <\/P>

It was a privilege to publish Thepoet’s poem.\u00a0 It stands out in our long memories of the game and the SRF\/BTB publishing history.\u00a0\u00a0 Roys is still here at the Bugler and Squirrel carries on the tradition of editor.\u00a0 The Sim’s\u00a0newspaper keeps going and I marvel at its triumph of longevity.\u00a0\u00a0 Long may it continue to bring the game to life.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/P>

— Sharon Shimko (Snowchief), SRF\/BTB Editor 1999-2009\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/P>

\u00a0<\/P>

If you’d like to read more of Thepoet’s poems, click here<\/A><\/STRONG> and follow the archive links at the bottom (some old SRF links may not work!).\u00a0 <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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