Holocaust Poem by Bharati Nayak

The attack may soon pass but the effects can be long lasting. A very fine poem.

wonderful Poem! thank you for sharing! liked the phrase seeds of distrust Spread so swift!

The seeds of distrust spread so fast! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

'But- - - - - The charred images of beautiful flowers Half brunt stump of A fruit giving tree Will take time to heal.' Bharati, I would write 'the images of charred flowers', 'burnt', not 'brunt', and 'fruit-giving'.

I believe some who 'followed' Hitler did it out of greed, antisemitism, and anti-other things, and fear for their own safety or the safety of their relatives etc. That's enough for now. ;)

Five years ago, YOU left this in a comment: 'I sometimes wonder how a single person'Hitler' could brainwash a whole race into committing such crime against humanity..' I say: 'it was NOT Hitler alone doing the 'dirty work', and a 'whole race' which was 'brainwashed'. (cont.)

(cont.) I also noticed that I referred to killings my Nazis as having been in 1941-1945 [the years the U.S. joined allies in the war]. But killing persecution (and I think killing) occured long before 1941. (cont.)

Bharati, I did not think your poem dealt well with the subject of mass-killing of humans. I read many oler comments including from me, including some suggestions I had and still have today. (cont.)

'Brunt' is another word, a noun, meaning something else. Using 'stump' often indicates the death of the rest of by trunk, by cutting or breaking. Some trees may sprout new trunks if enough tissue still lives. (cont.)