Get Your Premium Membership

- Killed Without Reason - Premiere Contest Winner

Poet's Notes
(Show)

Become a Premium Member and post notes and photos about your poem like Anne-Lise Andresen.


Dare you look deep into this darkness Persecution of Jews - Holocaust In Hebrew, this has the genocide been called Shoah, which means disaster or destruction The journey has just begun, and it is far from over The destination is Auschwitz to a place without return The smell of vomit, urine and excrement is overwhelming Without food and water, trapped in an unbearable heat Everything is better than nothing witch's brew, eaten with Satan's fork made of bats, rats, worm and mice The vultures is the bird and the messenger who hunt along the train tracks Dark tracks ... Jews were sent in closed freight wagon - before they ended their lives in gas chambers Their souls destroyed by evil and hatred Neither will, power, alliances or the strongest alpha males - cannot escape the dirty claws of the Nazis A young mother was raped by the soldiers White dress with sewn-on transparent arms a newborn baby suckles the mother's naked breast It is definitely not for the faint of heart Shoah ! Through tears, sweat and blood, from generation to generation At home in the window frame a red Begonia blooms - for the last time The door is branded with a yellow star 13/04/2021 Sun :) - A-L Andresen :) Copyright © All Rights Reserved Last Train To Auschwitz Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann 1st place in the contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

12
Date: 7/2/2021 10:34:00 AM
your poem keeps on the story of the holocaust from ever being forgotten, such a powerful piece, many congrats on your top spot, I found the subject too difficult to write about - my father's mother died in a work camp in Siberia:-) hugs Jan xx
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 7/2/2021 11:13:00 AM
- It was sad to hear, Jan - Thank you very much for reading this poem - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 5/13/2021 3:54:00 PM
Hello Sunshine Smile , there was too much pain then too much suffering to. So sad . Enjoy your evening my friend.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/11/2021 6:43:00 AM
The language is simple and easy to follow/ It takes us step by step to gloom/ Again such a dictator must never arise/ Humanity must be always careful/ None must enslave mankind/ To spell disaster to the World/ Can't even imagine such a past/ Long live Russia who defeated Germany/ Super powers must stand ever united God/ To save all the innocent souls!
Login to Reply
Date: 5/9/2021 9:01:00 PM
Congratulations on your Top Win my dear friend, Anne-Lise. Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece. Take care always. Hugs.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/7/2021 8:58:00 AM
Yaaa,,top win...CONGRATULATIONS. PANGIE XX
Login to Reply
Date: 5/7/2021 6:09:00 AM
You portray the deep pain they had to undergo, Anne-lise, congratulations on your win:)
Login to Reply
Date: 5/6/2021 10:50:00 PM
Well written and said, Anne-Lise , congratulations on your top win. Hugs Eve
Login to Reply
Date: 5/6/2021 6:57:00 AM
Powerful stuff Anne-Lise, congrats.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 7:02:00 PM
Congrats! Thanks for sharing this grim reality in your poetic style. God bless you.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 2:37:00 PM
Lots of powerful descriptions of a horrific existence. Your ending paints a memorable picture. Congratulations!
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 9:37:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. WOW!!! What a story/write. Your pen was working overtime on this one. Have a blessed day.................
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 8:10:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in my contest. A powerful write ...
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 4:41:00 AM
Heya Anne Lise, congratulations on your top win, about this truly horrific episode in humanities history, it really bites into the soul, cheers David
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 3:40:00 AM
Congrats on your top win with this powerful write!! we have all been to Auschwitz many times in visiting the horrors of others.
Login to Reply
Date: 5/5/2021 2:29:00 AM
Back with congratulations Anne on your trophy win. Well done. Tom
Login to Reply
Date: 4/19/2021 2:04:00 PM
Man at his most evil. Makes me shutter just to think of all the horror that went on. Well written my friend. love phyl
Login to Reply
Date: 4/16/2021 9:25:00 AM
This is an amazing write my friend - I wanted to write for this contest also, but I must check if it is still open. Thinking of the 18th often, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.
Login to Reply
Date: 4/14/2021 11:55:00 PM
If history is not taught and we remember we are doomed to repeat it. Great write my friend. God Bless, JB
Login to Reply
Date: 4/14/2021 6:28:00 AM
Lest we forget as those lives shattered.
Login to Reply
Date: 4/13/2021 2:08:00 PM
Evil comes from men's choices. In the end man must account for his choices. Great poem.
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2021 3:32:00 AM
- We humans are the worst when it comes to evil, Victor ... animals kill to survive - Thanks for your comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 4/13/2021 11:18:00 AM
Read about the Inquisition before you read the Bible to understand why God flooded His world and continues to permit slaughter in the Middle East! Nice write! Aloha! Rico
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2021 3:20:00 AM
- These cruel acts have nothing to do with what is written in the Bible ... The words of the Bible clearly explain both in the New Testament that applies to the time of Jesus and in the Old Testament (OT) that one should not kill other people, Rico - Thanks for your comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 4/13/2021 9:20:00 AM
Heart searing brutality at its worst, as yet still replayed just beyond the cocoon of our metro boundaries, to which we are are yet oblivious, as also apathetic. Brilliant write, Sunshine!
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2021 3:24:00 AM
- You're right ... there are a lot of atrocities in the world, U.S. - Thanks for your comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 4/13/2021 9:20:00 AM
Hi Anne-Lise, You've penned such a well-written and sad write on how the Jewish people were treated. The conditions they were subject to were inhuman. A tragic chapter in history that shouldn't have ever happened. Best wishes in the contest. Have a great day- Alexis
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2021 3:16:00 AM
- Heartless and inhuman deeds ... a tragic part of our history, Alexis - Thanks for your comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 4/13/2021 9:10:00 AM
How deeply moving your words are, a beautiful contender for the contest, Winning wishes dear, I pray this kind of cruelty never happens again, Once in a life time was too much xo
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2021 3:14:00 AM
- Should never have happened, Vie Rose ... how cruel people can be - Thanks for your comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Date: 4/13/2021 8:42:00 AM
You brought the horrors to life Anne, everyone ive read tells the horrors of transportation and the final destination, the death camp. Best of luck and hope your week is off to a good start. Tom
Login to Reply
Andresen Avatar
Anne-Lise Andresen
Date: 4/14/2021 3:12:00 AM
- A black part of our history, Tom - Thanks for your comments :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
12

Book: Reflection on the Important Things