Oh, that music from the movie,
so impassions me!
That haunting violin, with its moving
virtuosity.
Notes fill the air of man's most craven
inhumanity to man.
The reminder that it can indeed, verily
happen again.
One man, Schindler, saved so many
precious Jewish lives.
Some to this very day, because of him
generations still do thrive.
Would you stand up for your fellow man,
as he once did?
Or are you a selfish sort who seeks his own glory,
with the miniscule heart of a katydid?
January 11, 2020
7:45 PM PST
Categories:
schindler, betrayal, humanity, inspiration, jewish,
Form: Couplet
“What is there to say? They are my friends. I would do it again, over and over — for I hate cruelty and intolerance.” Oskar Schlinder
LOST IN A SEA OF WAR
daringly intrepid,
dazzlingly, dizzily
protecting the poor,
the unarmed, the kids,
those lost in a sea
of war — Schindler
and his musical score,
outscoring the hate
that seemingly won’t abate
but for God steps into
the shoes of man
Kim Rodrigues © 2019
Categories:
schindler, holocaust, war,
Form: Alliteration
a piece of wood inside this box
a bell to ring inside this box
a string to tie and untie inside this box
a list of instructions to write and rewrite
a wheel to turn, the wood to knock
close the box and ring the bell
must look at the instructions
take something out, and replace it with something else
schindler never saw this coming
a list of names
rules to the game
an interactive plot
ring the bell then knock on wood
knock on wood and tie a knot
tie a knott and open a box
secod guessing replacing something
what was is no more
what was no more is something to find
what is in this box to be passed on
the past in this box into the future
your reward to come you may find in this box
but maybe it might just be
a bell
a shoelace
and a piece of wood
and a door knob
the list of favorite thing
interactive game of tage
the list of names
and the rules of the game
replace the bell and prove you were the one who did it
so when this box comes back your way
the prize you will claim
game on
do you know what i know
there goes the neighborhood
Categories:
schindler, history
Form: Free verse
Over a thousand souls
Sheltered from the hell
By a German industrialist
Whom he saved, would tell
From forced labour camps bought
Under the Third Reich's nose
To work in his factories
As their war effort grows
Diamonds and cash
Bribed Amon Goeth
A barbaric camp leader
Who spoke with deaths froth
The saved ones worked
Manufacturing grenades and shells
Not one could be fired
As history did tell
It's now the end of the war
With over a thousand saved
From their persecuted era
Where they were imprisoned, enslaved
Amon Goeth was hanged
Aged 37
The souls of the lost
Look down now from Heaven
This saviour of Jews
Died aged 66
He wanted to save more
Through his financial tricks
At Israels Yad Vashem
Righteous Among the Nations
Where they place rocks still
Oskar Schindler rests, in Jewish Heaven
My tribute to an amazing man, whose determination
to save as many Jews as he possibly could, and he did.
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-2.php
Categories:
schindler, death, dedication, devotion, history,
Form: Rhyme