Dancing, the Goose step
Dancing, till we are out of breath
Dancing, further, dancing till the last gasps of breath
peering through the steamy portholes
watching the departures of the last poor souls
squinting your evil Aryan eyes
no time to say our last goodbyes
the smell of sweet almonds in the air
over the virgin corpses that had no hair
shorn for mattresses and the Nazi good sleep
the bodies are carried out like a lot of slaughtered sheep
thrown into the purity of fire
no music, no lyre
no bodies or stones to mark the place
just another Nazi with a gas mask on his face
glass steamed up at the crimes against the human race
six million have disappeared without trace
a crime against God and your collective soul inside
if the Jews were the groom, then fire was the bride
Georges
Author notes
A reflection of the horror of the Holocaust
Written June 25th, 2004. Option 10.
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Good reflection of the Holocaust. You wrote it well, it is full of emotion and the horrifying agony that over six million people suffered from. Thank you for your entry and good luck.
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A truly wonderful poem filled with emotion and terror of the holocaust. It's hard to write about major historical events such as these, and you pulled it off. My favourite line "if the Jews were the groom, then fire was the bride" Thank you for entering and good luck
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This is much better than the other one. No errors of any kind that I can see. That was certainly a horrible time in human history (but it wasn't the first genocide, or the last). You have managed to capture some of the horror of the times with this, and have vividly and concisely managed to depict it.
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Wow! Leeche. Very thought provoking. I'm impressed with your method of bring about a reader thought process. Very nicely done.
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Good reminder, well done Georges. Didn't have "plastic" as such then, though.
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Yes my friend, many many more. I chose to highlight only some.
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Thanks, LadyJayne for your kind comments.
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Thanks Des Barres for the write.
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This subject matter must never be forgotten.
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Thanks for your comments and write on my poem.
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Thanks for the comments and encouragement.
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Excellent
This was a great poem. The suffering that went on in that war was truly horrible. It's a shame, but in the end, all was well, and though those Jews were killed, they were avenged. As Barres said that said that his Mother was in France when the Nazi's invaded, I must say that I am like him. My grandfather was one of the children who escaped from Hitler's regime when they invaded Poland in 1939. This was a very interesting topic, and it was written with such heart and soul. I commend and salute you and this poem. Keep up the good work, and never cease to "mix it up a bit." -
This is another amazing poem. I wrote one on this subject called Evil among us. So many innocent people died. Jews and non jews. It was a living nightmare.
Queen
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My parents were in France when the Nazis invaded. Well, actually my mother was. My father was a resistance fighter, so he was all over Europe during that time. The often have told me stories of what it was like to live in that horrible time.
Good poem,
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awesome read!
Very poignant! A sad reminder of the pillages of that terrible holocaust. Reminded me of the movie, "QBVII." That was ,not to be corny or borrow a term, a terrile atrocity. Those people didn't deserve to die. They were innocent, but the poor Jews have always been an oppressed peoples. May God rest their souls. Respectfully, LadyJayne -
excellent
Good write !but you forgot to mention the 8 million non-jews who also died in the camps only fair to mention all not just single part !anyways great write ! -
awesome job, you can really feel the emotion when you read this poem. I loved the last line "If the Jews were the groom, then fire was the bride".
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A frightening thought to even think about the events spoken of within this poem; I also might add that this is the first piece of poetry I have read on this website about such a topic, and it was well recieved.
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wow, how frightening! good job with your poem
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