Eighty Years Since Liberation
Reflection on Auschwitz's liberation and remembrance.12 total reviews
Comment from Brenda Strauser
What a sobering refection. Your description of the holocaust is well done. I felt your emotions throughout the poem. It is so sad to think of how people were so cruel. I hope something like this will never happen again.
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2025
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What a sobering refection. Your description of the holocaust is well done. I felt your emotions throughout the poem. It is so sad to think of how people were so cruel. I hope something like this will never happen again.
Comment Written 30-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2025
Dear Brenda
Thanks so much for your thoughtful review. I am touched by your words and honour the feelings behind this poem. Yes, the Holocaust was a horrible part of history and we can and must remember it so it won’t happen again. I truly appreciate your feedback.
Bless you and take care
Peter
Comment from June Sargent
Yes, the world is full of horror. And the most horrifying thing to me are those who deny that the Holocaust even happened. Or, that it could happen again. Your poem is an important reminder of how humans need to be more humane towards one another
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2025
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Yes, the world is full of horror. And the most horrifying thing to me are those who deny that the Holocaust even happened. Or, that it could happen again. Your poem is an important reminder of how humans need to be more humane towards one another
Comment Written 30-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 30-Jan-2025
Hi June
I would like to thank you for your thoughts. The Holocaust atrocities are one of the clear examples of the worst aspects of the human nature, the things that happen due to ignorance and hatred. Denial and indifference will lead to the continuation of the horror. It was great to have your opinion about the poem if it touched you in the same way that it touched me and made you feel the need for humanity and compassion in the relationship between people.
Bless you and stay safe
Comment from Bill Schott
This quatrain suite, Eighty Years since Liberation, has the proper formatting and celebrates the merciful redemption of those who survived the horrors of the Holocaust.
reply by the author on 29-Jan-2025
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This quatrain suite, Eighty Years since Liberation, has the proper formatting and celebrates the merciful redemption of those who survived the horrors of the Holocaust.
Comment Written 29-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 29-Jan-2025
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Hi Bill
Many thanks for your kind words and encouragement.
Take care
Comment from Mrs Anna Howard
Haunting depressing as it should be. What a great poem to remind us to never forget the history which sadly, tends to repeat itself. Thank you for remembering the victims and good luck with the contest!
reply by the author on 29-Jan-2025
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Haunting depressing as it should be. What a great poem to remind us to never forget the history which sadly, tends to repeat itself. Thank you for remembering the victims and good luck with the contest!
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 29-Jan-2025
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Thank you so much for your kind words. It was my intention to capture the haunting weight of history in order to honour those killed — your comments recognising that intention mean the world. I’m glad the poem hit home. Really, thanks for your support and for being so considerate.
Take care and bless you.
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
I'm so pleased you thought to use this 80 year anniversary as the theme for your quatrain verse. This was an absolutely horrific episode in history and, like yourself, I pray that lessons have been learned. Your post is a powerful reminder of the tragedy, particularly palpable in stanza 2. Well done and good luck! Debbie
reply by the author on 29-Jan-2025
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I'm so pleased you thought to use this 80 year anniversary as the theme for your quatrain verse. This was an absolutely horrific episode in history and, like yourself, I pray that lessons have been learned. Your post is a powerful reminder of the tragedy, particularly palpable in stanza 2. Well done and good luck! Debbie
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 29-Jan-2025
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Dear Debbie,
Thank you for taking the time to read and then pen a review of my poem, and share your reflections. I’m so glad that the second stanza spoke to you — it felt really important to me to root the weight of that history in images that stick. The 80th anniversary was my small way of using a framework to make sure we are keeping these lessons alive, even when the world wants us to look away. Your kind words and thoughts mean more than I can say. With grateful thanks for your kindness and solidarity in memory. Warmest thanks.
Comment from Cecilia A Heiskary
This is a most excellent poem. It is a sad story, but we must never forget. How another human being could be so evil and kill so many. This poem is well written and flows nicely.
Good luck in the contest.
Cecilia
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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This is a most excellent poem. It is a sad story, but we must never forget. How another human being could be so evil and kill so many. This poem is well written and flows nicely.
Good luck in the contest.
Cecilia
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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You are right, Cecilia; we must never forget. I recently listened to a survivor's story. She was a young girl at the time and watched her parents and brother murdered.
Bless You
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Oh, how awful that must have been for her.
Comment from royowen
We're finding that there are anti Semitic activities and hatred is happening here, also extreme right groups are joining with them, but these end times will spawn these activities, he knows his time is short, beautifully written my friend, great job, blessings Roy
Typo : a deathly bell(l)
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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We're finding that there are anti Semitic activities and hatred is happening here, also extreme right groups are joining with them, but these end times will spawn these activities, he knows his time is short, beautifully written my friend, great job, blessings Roy
Typo : a deathly bell(l)
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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Many thanks for your lovely words, Roy and for spotting my typo.
Bless You.
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Most welcome
Comment from Iza Deleanu
"So let us stand where silence cries,
And see the truth through history's eyes.
For in remembrance, we find the way,
To hopefully build a brighter, kinder day. " What can I say more, you capture the essence of history and of a lesson that we seem to repeat on a different level through today's conflicts. Thank you for sharing and good luck with your writings and the contest.
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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"So let us stand where silence cries,
And see the truth through history's eyes.
For in remembrance, we find the way,
To hopefully build a brighter, kinder day. " What can I say more, you capture the essence of history and of a lesson that we seem to repeat on a different level through today's conflicts. Thank you for sharing and good luck with your writings and the contest.
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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I agree, Iza, that we are repeating ad naseum the brutality that man seems willing to inflict on innocent people, including children.
I despair. I really do.
Bless you and take care
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
An anniversary that brings back the horror of this camp and the cruelty that remains in history, I enjoyed the sentiment, the rhymes and the flow here.
Suggestions for this line:
(The (silent) screams where humans fell)
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An fine write for the contest, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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An anniversary that brings back the horror of this camp and the cruelty that remains in history, I enjoyed the sentiment, the rhymes and the flow here.
Suggestions for this line:
(The (silent) screams where humans fell)
Spelling here:
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An fine write for the contest, love Dolly x
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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Hi Dolly
Many thanks for your thoughtful response. The killings, the torture, and the barbarity continue today. man is surely destroying the planet.
My wife had her pacemaker fitted today.
Bless you Dolly
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Comment from Lana Marie
I can't even imagine going through the horror that they all went through. We definitely have different kind of horror these days but nothing like what they went through your poem flowed well and each rhyme made your writing even more solid. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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I can't even imagine going through the horror that they all went through. We definitely have different kind of horror these days but nothing like what they went through your poem flowed well and each rhyme made your writing even more solid. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 28-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2025
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Thank you, Lana, for your thoughtful review. I also cannot imagine the horror. I recently listened to a survivor's story. This elderly lady was a young girl then; her account is harrowing. And upsetting. I based my poem on her words.
