Anna Hopper Poet Free verse

To Be Quite Frank

A simple girl
But not really
Big ideas
Called silly

Lost in books
Survived by song
Modest looks
Childhood gone

A yellow star
Always, worn
To prove the scar
Jewish born

Her head, high
Her family frowned
She knew, not, why 
It should be down

The day came
When everything
She ever knew
Forever, changed

Pulled from school
Denied, goodbyes
Placed in a box
Forced to hide

Lovely locks
Amber eyes
Two fearful years
She stays inside

A life not wasted
She spent her time
Shaping a story
To leave behind

A famous author
Who’s documentation
Tugged at hearts
Across the nations 

To be quite Frank
This girl, named Anne
Wrote the history
We understand

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Daniel Turner February 7, 2020 at 8:10 PM Your talent is shining on this poem, Anna. Nicely penned!

Rico Leffanta February 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Well done, Anna! I have not read the revised version, but the original was enough to make the world tremble at Trump's racist leadership. Aloha! Rico (The Validation Code is EMP - for empower?)

Andrew Fairchild February 24, 2019 at 2:09 AM Oh, YES! What a gift she left us with, too! And what a gift is your poem, honoring her! I love that you left her identity till the end, yet hinted at it in the title. My buddy lost all his grandparents, uncles, aunts... 23 people! In the holocaust! Thank God for Anne Frank, and you, telling the story from an approachable, human level! Great job! Anna Hopper February 24, 2019 at 9:41 AM Thank you! She definitely left a gift and that was a horrible time. So sad!