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.
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 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 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.Â