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Holocaust Blank Verse Poems

These Holocaust Blank Verse poems are examples of Blank Verse poems about Holocaust. These are the best examples of Blank Verse Holocaust poems written by international poets.


Beat the Drums
Beat the drums; aye, beat the drums!
Make them go stark raving mad—
These likes of Emperor Jones. 1

The criminals' courts play house.
Adzes don't cut their own...

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© A. Hemmati  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: america, anger, discrimination, holocaust,



Unter den linden
Unter den Linden 


I have a soft spot for the German language
 when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: addiction, age, allah, angst,

the assassination
Seven Mossad Agents came to Norway a winter day 
when a snow drowns the needs of the homeless
asleep in a shop's doorway absorbing the sarcastic...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: allusion, angst, birth,

tarred by the same brush
Tarred by the same brush

In the ongoing slaughter of Palestinian children 
one misses a voice from Israel, so far, it is silent
The expectation is for...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: blessing, books, care,

the alex Jonsess
The Alex Joneses among us

As we are coming up to Christmas, which is a feast 
for the advertisers, and it is impossible turning 
or switching...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, adventure, anti bullying,



a town i knew
A Town I knew

He was born in a narrow-minded town where a Christian
the party was in power, and there were rules for acceptable 
behavior by...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anger, courage, culture,

Vengeance
Vengeance


It is late at night my study is warm, and the wind is blowing. I dislike drought I get cold easily
I know it is time...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: absence, adventure, anger, books,

Humanity
Humanity 



I looked up the Wikipedia to see if a man I have known for thirty years but never met was there. Do not exist,...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adventure, age, allusion, best

Destroyer
The destroyer
We know the world has gone mad a chicken takes care of a puppy
while we drop bombs on children in Yemen
In Gaza, they celebrate...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: adventure, age, analogy, betrayal,

The Knowing
The knowing

They never knew a thing
They do not want to know.
It´s easier that way
Ignorance leads to Jerusalem.
Slow holocaust
The Palestinians know it 
You don´t want to...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anger, anti bullying,

An Autumn Walk
To residents of Tarnow who perished or were forced into exile during WWII

I'm walking towards the palace.
Not long ago
a prince used to live there.
The sun...

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Categories: family, holocaust, humanity, nature,

Black Lives Matters
Black life matters 


The world is in one mind,
“ Black life matters.”
we wholeheartedly agree with the downtrodden
and we must remedy this inequity.
With books in hands,...

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Categories: anger, birth, cinderella,

The Fox In the Henhouse
The fox in the henhouse

The settlers are burning down Palestinians olive trees,
No main newspapers care to report the truth the settlers are conniving
With the Israeli...

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Categories: absence, abuse, age, allah,

Massacre
Massacre
In Paris, the police fight firefighters
the press is silent, perhaps a small notice
on the back page.
Had the same thing happened in Hong Kong
the press and...

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Categories: satire, scary, science fiction,

Massacre
Massacre
In Paris, the police fight firefighters
the press is silent, perhaps a small notice
on the back page.
Had the same thing happened in Hong Kong
the press and...

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Categories: satire, scary, science fiction,


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