This untitled poem by an anonymous individual was originally left with five posters on campus within the first few weeks of the tragic events on April 16, 2007.
Photocopy of a poem that says, "I know you're sad and are afraid / because I see your tears. / I'll not be far, I promise that; / and I hope you'll always know / That my spirit will beclose to you, / wherever you may go. / Thank you so for Loving…
A handwritten note and poem titled "Young People in Blacksburg Virginia" by an anonymous indiviual who sent these to Virignia Tech following the April 16, 2007 tragedy.
A letter from Mary L. Martin of Tidewater Community College, April 6, 2008, with an enclosed poem "Tears for Tech" by Martin, dated April 16, 2007. [Personal contact information has been redacted.]
A poem titled "Incident at Virginia Tech" by Derek Wilson and his accompanying letter addressed to Nikki Giovanni. This is one of the two versions Wilson sent to Virginia Tech following the tragic events of April 16, 2007.
A typed poem titled "I Planted a Rose: A Tribute to the Hokie Nation" written by Charlie McCauley with an accompanying handwritten letter to Debbie Day. The handwritten letter has been cropped in this exhibit to protect certain personal information…
A letter from Kevin M. Shea, Virginia Tech Class of 1989, dated April 21, 2008, with a poem entitled "Flower, Forest, Meadow: In memoril, 04/16/07", by Shea.
This poem is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from Piedmont School of Nursing. The class poem written by M. Caroline White, talking about the experiences African American nurses have and will face in the medical field.