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Do you really think history is boring?
It is a map of the human heart
TREBLINKA
We will never mature by ignoring
the lessons that history imparts
BUCHENWALD
Now the ovens stand cold and bare
and they say there is no bird-song there
DACHAU
It remains a memorial to evil
- a memorial and a history all must share
even if you were never there
SOBIBOR
Six million souls reach across the expanse
for justice, respect, remembrance
MAUTHAUSEN
Do you think that raking over the ashes is unnecessary?
So many souls to disagree
AUSCHWITZ
We must never forget...
BIRKENAU
The insanity of modern times...
SACHSENHAUSEN
If you want a message less direct...
MAJDANEK
Then read between the lines.
Kevin Wells
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Tony Jolley (10/15/2007 4:18:00 AM)
I like the two 'voices' in the poem. Could imagine this working brilliantly in a son et lumière performance with grainy black and white photos and the name of the camp waxing and waning onto and off the screen at the rate of a heartbeat. You write powerful material, Kevin. I know you 'perform' musically, but sometime, perhaps, another performance may be warranted with your own material.... Keep on writing. Tony |
Yen Cress (10/3/2007 5:09:00 PM)
May the Holocaust be remembered forever! It is only when the past fades into insignificance can its evil rise again in the cloak of secrecy. Thank you for a moving reminder! |
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