Best Holocaust Poems
Below are the all-time best Holocaust poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of holocaust poems written by PoetrySoup members
Alone At the Holocaust MuseumALONE AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
rose early in the morning,
indulged in a lovely quiche lorraine,
ventured out
...
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Categories:
holocaust,
Form:
Free verse
A Thing of Beauty=================================
A thing of beauty on her wrist
was confiscated by a nurse
who looked for items soldiers missed
in places (and by means) much worse.
They branded her inside...
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Categories:
holocaust, thanks, war, world
Form:
Quatern
I Came ByI Came By…
(to see you)
You don’t see me.
I see you, everyday.
I am afraid to say hello.
You may say good-bye.
I just want...
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Categories:
holocaust, beautiful, chocolate, cinderella, heartbroken,
Form:
Free verse
My CryMongrels gyrating on the edge of town
This it now- its going down
The chant electric, the doomsday count
It matters not that no one speaks a word
We...
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Categories:
holocaust, angst, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Yet Not Broken By the Blues....in retrospect
There were mirrors there
Behind it, where all the Jews would hide
How can someone blame the black despair?
All You were, was a mirror over...
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Categories:
anti bullying, holocaust, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
Abandoned CitiesFUKUSHIMA, OCEAN EXPOSURE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eGzS0eYuo
FUKUSHIMA RADIATION IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFPEY-r9QQY
"Abandoned Cities"
Empty sentries standing firm
Vacant windows glistening
they sit with Poe, Van Gough and Edvard Munch all broken
waiting patiently...
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Categories:
holocaust, humanity, life, war,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the...
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Categories:
assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust,
Form:
Rhyme
Matters of the HeartBalaclava'd minister in a lanky limousine
Condomised personality inside a broken mask
Skewered chopsticks serve pieces of Pancolin
Toilet paper dolphins to wipe his weary ****
Ave Maria.. Amanita...
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Categories:
holocaust,
Form:
Free verse
Corona Virus Cov-19CORONA VIRUS (COV-19)
The Black Death, or bubonic plague, which happened nearly 700 years ago, (in the three year period of 1347 to 1351 in which...
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Categories:
holocaust, anxiety, death, faith, fear,
Form:
Narrative
Last Train To Auschwitz ContestAshes to Ashes
Smoke
rises in the distance.
The boxcar
rocks,
rocks,
rocks;
stones
are placed along the ties.
Were they placed by Chance
or left
as gently as Kaddish.
I lift my hands in the...
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Categories:
holocaust, angst, death, death of
Form:
I do not know?
Words For Those With No VoiceWords For Those With No Voice
For every pair of shoes
All the burnt bones and woes
In the millions, in the mud
All died alone
Starving of food and...
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Categories:
allah, death, evil, holocaust,
Form:
Free verse
Forgotten FireI was only twelve back then,
It seems like yesterday.
I suppose these terrifying memories I have,
Will never go away.
Gendarmes after Gendarmes,
Came to our town.
They took my...
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Categories:
holocaust, books, change, conflict, corruption,
Form:
Rhyme
Hope For HumanityJust read a tale of
a horrendous murder in California
Makes one lose faith in humanity
My uncle saw the
death...
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Categories:
holocaust, hope, humanity,
Form:
Concrete
AloneA million people just like me
All close, claustrophobic, strangers
I may not seem or look alone but I am
I am alone
Alone, alone, alone
Those words roaring...
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Categories:
holocaust, mum,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 14Despite his impatience to show me his hell,
He waited for me in my rest,
Lying upon the ground, I awoke in prayer,
Thanking God above and...
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Categories:
holocaust, adventure, anxiety, conflict, courage,
Form:
Epic