Auschwitz Poem by Laurence Overmire
Auschwitz
The bulldozers plowed the remains
Into a ditch
Dreams crunching into memories
Tumbling over possibilities
Beliefs popping out of sockets
Hopes breaking 'neath the crush of
Soiled humanity
The stench enough to water the eyes of God
Who said nothing
Waiting for someone to be a prayer.
(Previously published in Poets 4 Peace, Nov 2000; Poetry Superhighway, Yom Hashoah Issue #10, Apr 2008)
Chilling, this. I thought I had seen you on Poets4Peace. I had some there when the site first started, including Taroo which is only here now since Larry changed the site.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/19/2024 9:31:42 PM # 1.0.0.1119
this poem hits you right in the face- i think its amazing! jane s