The Idea of ​​Disaster Throughout the history of our country, there have been disaster after disaster, not to say that they are consecutive but each one equally upsetting . Many emotions that accompany disaster do not suddenly leave the heart or soul; they linger, until something else happens. Many experience a loss even if it is not personal, but again, some feel an immense sense of responsibility. When a national disaster strikes, everything is considered; other feelings, losses, position, efforts, and whether or not the death was heroic or a coincidence. These characteristics are displayed in “Two Thousand One, Nine Eleven” by Paul Spreadbury. While disaster takes many other forms, Karl Shapiro's "Auto Wreck" is about the other side; witness a disaster. Even though these two poems have no relation to each other in terms of events, they both speak fascinatingly about the consequences and reactions one endures; in the face of disaster. Authors Paul Spreadbury and Karl Shapiro both used very different writing techniques while capturing the images needed to feel like they were there in the scene. In Shapiro's poem, he directly contrasts everything he says while still leaving a very visual impact and understanding. In the first stanza he states: “It is a silver bell sweet and swift that beats and beats and descends in the Thompson2dark, a ruby ​​rocket emitting red light like an artery. (Shapiro 1-3) His description of the ambulance approaching from a distance was gentle at first. when suddenly it really appeals to your danger senses with the artery-like pulsing light analogy. Similarly, Spreadbury appealed to feelings of fear and worry by stating: “Then before them all appeared a piece of paper…that there are certain things and certain events which you never are. Suicide has a cause and stillbirth has logic. And cancer, simple as a flower, blooms. But this invites the occult spirit (33-36). They both convey very different messages. Writing techniques and approaches to the reader's senses, and have different weight to optimism and pessimism. Although there are visible differences in each author's perspectives, they are both closely related to the disaster; and the feelings and reactions that accompany it. Works Citedspreadbury, Paul. “Two thousand one nine eleven.” The USGenWeb® Census Project. Internet. May 8, 2011. Shapiro, Karl. “Car Wreck” literature and the writing process. Ed. Elizabeth McMahan et al. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2010. 3-7.Print.