AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Dave Tabler, iBrendan O'Brien, iRobert Liu, iTodd Cheney, iT. Weber, iTrennis Killian, iNeenah Davis-Wilson, iLalita Vasu, iMargaret Mullings, iShirley Francis-Salley, i

  Home > Memoir > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     

Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Sponsor Me!
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Stories
· Blog
· 3,370 Titles
· 56,897 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Dec, 2001

Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.



For The Challenger Seven: 27 Years Later © 2013, Karla Dorman
by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner → (All Poetry by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner)
   Rated "G" by the Author.
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook

Has it been that long?  Certain
events hide in memory, only to
be recalled at a moment's
notice:  remember the octopus?

The one with twin tentacles
bright against the clear blue
sea of sky?  I still see them:
twisting, stretching out the

'Noooooo!' of what we were
witnessing.  Seventy three
seconds into flight, the Nation
gasped as one as we watched

seven heroes earn their wings
and touch the face of God.
We didn't realize it until we
heard the words, 'Obviously, a

major malfunction' and then
still had trouble believing it.
Yes.  That one.  You remember
it, too.  May we never forget.


Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "For The Challenger Seven: 27 Years Later © 2013, Karla Dorman"
Reviewed on January 28, 2013
May we never forget. I won't forget. I CAN'T. Powerful poem; very well penned!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :(

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 28, 2013
From Icarus on, so many have lost their lives to leave the gravity of mother Earth. In the early twentieth century, many nameless men and women build airplanes, flew them, and crashed them, all in an effort to break the surly bonds of earth and fly free. As late as the 1990s, my cousin, flying his friend's experimental plane, crashed and died before his father's eyes.

Of the thousands who have before, including names like Amelia Erhardt, and the three astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire, some stand out like the Challenger Seven... May we never forget.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on January 28, 2013
an emotion tragedy for the whole nation
budd

Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on January 28, 2013
Yes...I do remember and what a truly sad day that was.

Dan


New Poetry by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
Popular Poetry (Memoir)
  1.  An Empty Chair
  2.  Kathy, Genuinely Good
  3.  An ode to the greatest Bard
  4.  Flying Free
  5.  All of God’s Creatures Great and Small
  6.  Life is But a Vapor
  7.  Empty Box
  8.  Birthday in Heaven
  9.  God Made Angels
  10.  Still Pondering The Moon
  11.  White
  12.  Our Love Will Never Grow Old
  13.  Fading Memory
  14.  First Snow
  15.  Room at the Inn
  16.  Dark Nights and Broken Dreams
  17.  Forgive Me….
  18.  Scorned
  19.  Garbage Day
  20.  Lockjaw
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

I am a Runner--the Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor by Pamela Ackerson

Sepsis knocked her down and out. Faith, hope, and gave her the strength to get back on her feet. I am a Runner She fought the river of death They said she'd never run again She proved them wrong...  
Member BookAds

Until It's Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years by Myra Darwish

Join me as we travel together on the road called "Aging." I will be sharing my personal experiences with you and offer ideas on how we can better navigate the complex byways of our older years. Grief, healing, generations, ancestors, and more.  
Member BookAds

A Gift Called Mother: The Stages and Fantasies of Motherhood by Sherlyn Powell

Sherlyn Powell opens up about her love and devotion to her family and the overwhelming repercussion when communication breaks down. Heartbroken and distraught she learns to release her prayer and realize with faith God would reunite her family.  
Member BookAds