Best Concentration Camp Poems
Freedom FlightHe stood shivering in the biting cold
Shreds of dirty, flimsy clothes clung to his frame
All around his fellow skeletons huddled
Waiting for the inevitable walk to that sinister place
His wait had been longer than most
He had been subjected to terrible cruelty
He had seen all of his...
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Categories:
concentration camp, discrimination, holocaust, jewish, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Speechless At AuschwitzSpeechless 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...
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Categories:
concentration camp, death, evil, grave, holocaust,
Form:
Free verse
Solid Goldgruesome black tattoo
survived concentration camp
gold solid soul...
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Categories:
concentration camp, appreciation,
Form:
Senryu