Line Gauthier Poet Ode

Remembering Anne Frank

(1929-1945)



life was good until it wasn’t
we could almost forget the enemy we eluded
the persecution so viciously relentless
it was a matter of time till
the enemy was again at our door 
trapped~ this time with no escape route
we could only do what we must
hide in the walls become ghosts
hope to ride out the nightmare
bent on surviving no matter the cost

wondered if things
would ever return to normal
the fear ever vanish
and life ever be as it should

trusting there would be an end to it all
someday someway somehow
but the worst yet to come
and it did
when we thought it couldn’t get worse
the unimaginable
it came and it did
leaving behind a handwritten journal
stained with tears of a little girl 
her aborted dreams of becoming a journalist
and making a name for herself



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

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Timothy Mcguire April 15, 2020 at 9:09 PM so good, I always ache for Ann, so close to the end of the war to die so young, and betrayed. Sad thing also is her poor father lived and she didn't. Line Gauthier April 15, 2020 at 9:37 PM Yes - his two daughters were in the same concentration camp and they died about a month apart. Their father only found out after the war.b Thanks for your visit and comment, Timothy.

Gershon Wolf April 14, 2020 at 1:49 PM Moving tribute, Line. Thanks. Blessings, Gershon Line Gauthier April 14, 2020 at 8:27 PM Thanks, Gershon, Much appreciated.

Ilene Bauer April 13, 2020 at 4:01 PM very touching, line! i volunteer at a holocaust museum in new york and we have an exhibit about anne frank, which is very powerful. your poem is a moving tribute... Line Gauthier April 13, 2020 at 5:08 PM That's awesome, Ilene. Your compliment means a lot to me.

Tom Cunningham April 13, 2020 at 3:21 PM Beautiful tribute Line, mankind's inhumanity to his fellow man and yet it continues even to this day. Stay safe. Tom Line Gauthier April 13, 2020 at 5:08 PM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Tom.

Robert L. Hinshaw April 13, 2020 at 12:43 PM A very insightful and moving write, Line. When my family & I were assigned to Germany with the Air Force, we lived on the street in Frankfurt just a few houses from where Anne was born & later visited her hiding place In Amsterdam. Very moving experiences, especially for our 2 daughters since they were about the same age as Anne when we visited those places. Take good care - Bob Line Gauthier April 13, 2020 at 5:09 PM Wow~ that's very touching, Robert.