No Words
The Lord came to our little town,
a babe in arms, fragile and pure.
He grew as all God’s children do
to live and work in God’s own land,
by healing sick – through God’s own hand.
When on the cross so crucified,
the New-Found Christians blamed the Jews,
creating loathing and hatred
never witnessed across the lands,
murdering them – through their own hands.
Hitler’s Nazis pervaded lands.
They whipped, burnt then banned Jewish man.
Jews lost jobs, their homes and their lives,
as part of Hitler’s cleansing plan –
their deaths this time – on Hitler’s hands.
No words describe this holocaust.
No words convey this genocide.
No words can ever replace loss
of jobs, of wealth, or lives so lost.
No words…
About this poem
We must learn from history! But do we?
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Written on December 04, 2023
Submitted by susannaelliott on April 11, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXAA BXXCC CDXDC EBXEX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 727 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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