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Antisemitism Poems - Poems about Antisemitism

Bad ideas never die

Social Media influencers on the racist right
said us Jews control radio and TV
That we rot the roots of morality’s tree,  
The implication is clear; there’s no society free.

One TV personality invited a guy
who spouted reasons for Hitler's views
As the real deal, I wonder why
So much dumping on the Jews

They talk of the 'noticing' -

Categories: antisemitism, evil, jewish, patriotic, race,
Form: Lyric

The Lighter Side of Antisemitism


     For those who want to ‘kill all the Jews’
        Here’s some food for thought

     Get a rabbi to extend Passover one more week
        You’ll love what will have been wrought

Categories: antisemitism, food, holiday, humor, irony,
Form: Rhyme

Antisemitism is Islamophobia

Antisemitism is Islamophobia 

In shadows cast by antisemitic hand,
Where fear and hatred stain the land,
Rise voices of the oppressed and weak,
For justice, unity, and peace we seek.

The Muslim struggle, bound by chains,
Knows no creed, no faith remains.
In factories, fields, and crowded streets,
The toil of many, the same heartbeat.

Divide us not by faith or name,
For all

Categories: antisemitism, hate, history,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Intifada

(“Glimpsing Hokusai”, 2017, original encaustic)

Intifada aka “Kill the Jews!”

While we were sleeping content in our lives 
Something dark and ugly was growing inside
Spreading across the lawns, and fibers of the net
An intifada of hate as old as time, 
For those People of the Book who hold the power
Maybe we fear, maybe we envy.

“Kill the Jews”

Categories: antisemitism, fear, hate, youth,
Form: Narrative

The ugly head of antisemitism

It's hard to fathom that in 2024,
the ugliness of antisemitism has
reared it's head once more..
Campus students  need to
 change their perspective.
It's not the Jewish peoples fault
whom Israel elected..
Netanyahu failed to keep his people safe
and now he's killing the Gaze an children
at a horrifying rate..
The hostage families didn't ask for this
aggressive war, only to have

Categories: antisemitism, america, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme

World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - I

World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I)

These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew. 



Epitaph for a Child of the Holocaust
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died. 
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.



Frail Envelope of

Categories: antisemitism, evil, holocaust, racism, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Ber Horvitz Translations of Holocaust Poems

Translations of Holocaust poems by Ber Horvitz aka Ber Horowitz

Der Himmel
"The Heavens"
by Ber Horvitz
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
These skies
are leaden, heavy, gray ...
I long for a pair
of deep blue eyes.
 
The birds have fled
far overseas;
tomorrow I’ll migrate too,
I said ...
 
These gloomy autumn days
it rains and rains.
Woe to the bird
Who remains ...
 
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Categories: antisemitism, holocaust, horror, race, racism,
Form: Verse

Ko Un Translation of the Holocaust Poem Speechless

Speechless at Auschwitz
by Ko Un
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

At Auschwitz
piles of glasses
mountains of shoes ...
returning, we stared out different windows.

Ko Un speaks for all of us, by not knowing what to say about the evidence of the Holocaust, and man's inhumanity to man. 

Ko Un was speechless at Auschwitz.
Someday, when it’s too late,
will we

Categories: antisemitism, holocaust, horror, race, racism,
Form: Epigram

Starting From Scratch With Ol' Scratch

Starting from Scratch with Ol’ Scratch
by Michael R. Burch

Love, with a small, fatalistic sigh
went to the ovens. Please don’t bother to cry.
You could have saved her, but you were all tied up
complaining about the Jews to Reichmeister Grupp.

Scratch that. You were born after World War II.
You had something more important to do:
while the children of

Categories: antisemitism, christian, evil, god, hate,
Form: Free verse

Cleansings

Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch

Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.

A lentil and a bean might plump their skin
with mothers’ bounteous, soft-dimpled fat
(and call it “health”), might quickly build again
the muscles of dead menfolk. Dream, like

Categories: antisemitism, holocaust, prison, race, racism,
Form: Verse

Auschwitz Rose

Auschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch
											
There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
a rose like Sharon’s, lovely as her name.
The world forgot her, and is not the same.
I still love her and extend this sacred fire
to keep her memory exalted flame,
unmolested by the thistles and the nettles.

On Auschwitz how the reddening sunset settles!
They sleep alike—diminutive

Categories: antisemitism, holocaust, horror, tribute, truth,
Form: Sonnet