Angel World War Ii Poems

I kneel, bow, and make myself into 
A rock to ask God, 
King of the Universe, 
Give me the amateur. 
Hear my cries, Lord our...

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Before any thunder and lightning from man is dealt 
Before any storm reaching passed the sea to ring the knell 
Truth’s dead soul pierces through...

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All there is
Is the empress of nothing
she is all there is 
Her throne of smoke
Brittle bone
a crown of night 
eyes see nothing in sight
all for...

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World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - III - Miklos Radnoti

Miklos Radnoti was one of the greatest of the Jewish Holocaust poets. He died...

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My most popular poems on the Internet (III)

A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied...

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As the sun turns to red in a dark empty sky, on the plains of Megiddo four horsemen ride by,
Of biblical proportions much blood to...

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The 
early
morning
birds they.                      ...

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Summer Haze
by Michael R. Burch

The hazy, smoke-filled skies of summer I remember well;
farewell was on my mind, and the thoughts that I can't tell
rang bells...

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Postcard 1
by Miklós Radnóti
written August 30, 1944
translated by Michael R. Burch
 
Out of Bulgaria, the great wild roar of the artillery thunders,
resounds on the mountain...

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I thought of you with love today but that's nothing new. thought of you yesterday and the day before that to. and I often speak...

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It was early nineteen thirty four
The world was set to change
Europe was on fire
It was time to rearrange

Poland was the first stop
The German Army on...

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Thousands living in fear
For they knew Hitler was growing near
In Poland her career would soon to be
As she helped scared persecuted to flee

Gas chambers were...

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I've walked up and down the rows; skipped a few, then went back to look
Since I was seven, this ritual continues; A routine going on...

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Each day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?

Pride...

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