Holocaust Now And Again Poems

What is causing the very latest generational great divides in America?
The division is between the older generations: the Silent Generation,
the Baby Boomers and Generation X....

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Weeds

Why do I do so well at growing things, 
I don't want to grow, 
and do so badly and the other plants, 
I work hard...

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~ For International Holocaust Day ~
        

      Never again, we vowed
  ...

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A Whisper
 
A subtle current,
a fierce expression...
of a gentle feeling, 
wild,
powerful, 
no longer held contained 
by any restraint. 
 
Not weak, 
as may be expected,...

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Plan B

We met on a cheerful day, and I found you bright.
It was just in passing, But I can not get you…
out of my mind.

The...

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My Friend

We spoke, up until the last, 
You, and I and HIM…

The pain was hard, cruel and mean.
You were tired… (whispered, "that was okay"…)

I told...

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A Fervent Whisper

I give all the credit to my Lord, 
Who gave me this sharp pen!
He said just listen clear…,
and you will hear… 
and do...

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When 6 million Jews died
You said never again

Yet it happened again, again and again
The genocide in Rwanda
You watched

Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia 
You waited

Till the worst...

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Woman and child are dragged to the gate.
The husband thrashes, but by then it's too late.
The conductor points to left or to right.
Neither direction survives...

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The power of nature has ravaged the Japanese shore,
Leaving in its wake devastation and unimaginable gore.
The mettle of this gentle people has been tested, it...

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Two million soles collected
One million souls lost
Can humanity recover,
From the holocaust?

This stockpile of shoes
Is a reminder and clue
That what happened to them
Could happen to you.

Auschwitz...

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