Courage Holocaust Poems

My heart failed a few times again today, but each time it came back to life.
This is no time for poets and philosophers.
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It is strange...

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Preacher

Man on the street, 
standing up for God, 
speaking words written in heaven, 
for all on earth to hear. 
He is a humble man, 
a...

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The Mix

A recipe for life, 
living, loving,
and being happy?
Why is this so hard? 

Flour, or flower? 
The first to eat, 
the second to enjoy... 
to...

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Feeling Young

Quiet is the morning, 
the sun coming over the mountains...
in the distance. 
Not quickly, 
but exactly at the right time. 
The day has begun....

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as the Towers die away 
alone on a beach where thunderheads Roll 
where I stood far from
shards of glass fire, horror, disaster
they televised only elemental...

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            Holocaust Helga


She knew she was like a star, so bright,
Everything in her world...

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Engines Divine
Runs in cold time
The rhythm of space
A pulse in race
Hot orbs stare into the void
Frozen on place
Engines divine
Burning the rustic
ionic cosmic decay
The expansion of...

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~ Surviving Hell on Earth ~
      (The Nazi's Camps)


They had seen Hell on Earth
  Lived through it, survived
Tight-lipped through...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - IV - Primo Levi

Shema
by Primo Levi
translation by Michael R. Burch

You who live secure
in your comfortable houses, 
who...

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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....

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Stand up and stand out
Speak up or show out
Witness turned Accomplice 
With Silence
Seeking Peace 
But met with violence 
Will it end will stop 
It’s been...

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Wars has been declared fighting in foreign lands,
1914 men and boys join the fight for king and country,
"Over by christmas" it was said,
Off they went...

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Angels in Blue
Saints in Green

The hospital is a cold and sterile place. 
It is not meant to be…
warm or nice. 
It is meant to be...

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Der Abschied (“The Parting”)
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We embrace;
my fingers trace
rich cloth
while yours encounter only moth-
eaten fabric.
A quick hug:
you were invited to...

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