Given the recent events of the past 48 hours, this one seemed obvious to me. No political speech, no hateful rhetoric. Just, solemness and support for those lost in this pointless, heart-breaking tradgedy.
Day 7: Combine a newspaper article from today’s news with a famous poem. Choose ten phrases from each and superimpose them into a poem. This will really help you focus on the construction of the work, as opposed to the difficult creative process. Length: 20 Lines
An American-born man who'd pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 49 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation's worst terror attack since 9/11.
Hear the tolling of the bells --
Iron bells !
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels
The gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, Florida, carried an assault rifle and a pistol into the packed Pulse club about 2 a.m. Sunday and started shooting, killing 49 people and wounding at least 53.
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy meaning of their tone!
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack on jihadi forums, but ISIS sympathizers have reacted by praising the attack on pro-Islamic State forums.
And the people--ah, the people--
They that dwell up in the steeple,
All alone,
And who, tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone--
They are neither man nor woman--
They are neither brute nor human--
They are Ghouls:--
And their king it is who tolls ;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls,
Rolls
A pæan from the bells!
People inside the cavernous nightclub described a scene of panic made more confusing by the loud music and darkness.
And his merry bosom swells
With the pæan of the bells!
Mateen called 911 during the attack to pledge allegiance to ISIS and mentioned the Boston Marathon bombers, according to a U.S. official.
And he dances, and he yells ;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the pæan of the bells--
Of the bells :
Christopher Hansen said he was getting a drink at the bar about 2 a.m. when he "just saw bodies going down." He heard gunshots, "just one after another after another."
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of the bells--
Of the bells, bells, bells--
To the sobbing of the bells ;
The gunshots went on for so long that the shooting "could have lasted a whole song," he said.
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of the bells--
Thirty-nine people and Mateen were pronounced dead at the scene, with two bodies found in the parking lot, Mayor Buddy Dyer said. Eleven people were taken to hospitals and pronounced dead there
Of the bells, bells, bells--
To the tolling of the bells,
Dyer, the mayor, called for the city to come together. "We need to support each other. We need to love each other. And we will not be defined by a hateful shooter," he said.
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells--
Bells, bells, bells--
President Obama called for flags to be lowered to half staff and Florida Gov. Rick Scott called for a moment of silence across the nation at 6 p.m. Sunday. States of emergency were declared for the city of Orlando and for Orange County.
To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/
Source: "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe
