Holocaust Prayer Poems

Indian Sky

Across the desert the clouds gather. 
They are angry, and full of rain. 
It is late in the day, 
and there is no time...

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Hay now, now sing this corrosion
Of winter wastes and Red stars white nights

And waring tribes a bully on the block 
To kick you when your...

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With Blades
I have drawn 
In my restless sleep
I linger in the past
Were my souls 
Dry husks of horrors
Are cast
Each one an image in time
The dead...

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Spanish Violinist, living as Belgian,
Using the Italian for his collective nightmare:
The Ignored, Disposable Humans who make music
Even after the Nazis, "I Silenti"...

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Great Jehovah 

(Set to John Williams Schindler's list theme)

Great Jehovah, as we weep
We turn our hearts to thee.
As the storms of evil sweep us
In your...

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Ninety-Three Daughters of Israel
a Holocaust poem by Chaya Feldman
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We washed our bodies
and cleansed ourselves;
we purified our souls
and became clean.

Death does...

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Holocaust Poem: "On The Slaughter of the Jews"
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Merciful heavens, have pity on me!
If there is a God...

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No...

Denial.
I am not for, 
I am not against, 
I live...
setting on the fence. 

I don't want to be involved, 
I don't want to take a...

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Prayer 

On Sunday, 
The saints gather…
Not the normal service, 
later, when others…
are home. 

They are quiet, 
and humble. 
They have come, 
to the house of...

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My prayer for Mykhalylo Tyaglyy* in his tasks as researcher, writer, and editor:


Desirous to serve God, work toward His kingdom advancement-height

Be useful for His glory,...

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Science can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks...

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The inner and the outer,
Are dissolving fast in space.
The ominous clouds of thunder,
Are covering your face.

The meek the mild and innocent,
Are trampled under feet,
As we...

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Beauty of nature
Why condense it down to God?
Isn’t life enough?...

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I remember that day and never looking back
I said goodbye to my family and grabbed my duffel bag
Im off to be a hero just like...

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