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Urban Sonnet is a form created by Lu Loo

with a rhyme scheme of ababbb cdcddd efefff gg

10 syllable lines

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Holocaust Denial and Survival

There are many who Holocaust deny, those who refuse the mass Nazi killing; a hoax, just lies- to convince us they try, historical facts of death camps chilling; the images- all lies they keep drilling, to just see it . . . they are plain unwilling. In defense- claim no exterminations, and no Jew European genocide; stories were just newspaper creations, they admit that many Jews died; but historical facts they wish to hide, and with believers . . . they collide. The survivors tell stories so tragic, for them there is no Nazi mystery; that they can do this I find quite magic, with images- visual history; with verbal testimony history, from deniers come remarks blistery. They speak of the gas chambers and mass graves, Jews walking to their death in endless waves. _______________________________ January 27, 2020 Poetry/Urban Sonnet/Holocaust Denial and Survival Copyright Protected, ID 20-1219-946-03 All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France Written for the contest, Polarities and Paradoxes sponsor, Line Gauthier Third Place
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Fenn Avatar
March 1, 2021 at 7:24 PM
Excellent! It’s upsetting to hear about these holocaust deniers when the victims went through hell.
La France Avatar
March 2, 2021 at 8:10 AM
Jennifer, thanks for the compliment, yes it is such a sad part of history _Constance
Scars Avatar
January 28, 2020 at 10:46 AM
wow! I am so astounded at the rhythm and rhyme. Also honored you chose this form. Thank you so much and good luck in the contest. hugs from Michigan x:-)
La France Avatar
January 28, 2020 at 8:55 PM
Lu, thanks for visiting and for allowing me to use your wonderful form for this poem _Constance
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