Elegies/Odes/Epitaphs

Joseph Muscha Muller

Bio Poem

Matthew Odom

Joseph

Scapegoat, student, nice, smart

Who needs respect

Who feels treated badly

Who fears bad people and those who kill

Who gives respect and trust

Who would like to see life get better

Resident of Germany

Muller

Ode to Holocaust Kids

Ode

Riley Barger

The war is over

You can come out

There are not more horrors

That will try to hurt you

Dark days are gone

Light is on the way

If you still can’t stand it

Close your eyes and go

To your happy place

Where not one will come

And take you away

The war is over

You can come out

An play

Elegy to Mice

Elegy

Jolene Wiley

They run around

Without a fear

But worry a cat

Might be near

They run to escape

But to the cat – an ease

The cat ate them like

They ate last week’s cheese

Elegy

Nathan Plumb

Here you are resting

Not to be bothered

You chose yourself, rather than me

Forget the nightmares

That haunted you

Enjoy the dreams that

Inspire me

My one and only

Taken from this world

Rest for my sake

And accept death

                           

Elegy to Little Old Greybeard

Brianna Smith

Here lies little old granddad

Who ate nothing but stale crumbs

I can see him, but I never really

Saw him

Although those weren’t his words,

I will always remember him.

If only he could have lived

The rest of his life

Here like little old greybeard.

Elegy

Mirna Rosales

Late night sneaking

Early bird peaking

Late night adventures

Early morning questions

Late night lies

Early morning caught

Here’s to living on the edge

Sucks to be your death bed

Elegy to Mif

Elegy

Sariya Szymanski

Here lies Mif

So brave, so bold

To live in the darkest

Of places

The cannons don’t scream

Guns don’t bark

And not blood

Spills here

They wish to keep silent

But, now they can

Goodbye Mif.

Epitaph for Taylin:

Briannn Smith

She is outgoing

But she’s not going out

Epitaph for Shanna

Bailey Inga

A little dirt

Don’t hurt

Epitaph for Mrs. Oqueli

Ian Horner

Life is short

So was she

Epitaph for Nathan

Nathan Plumb

Here lies Nathan

Which Nathan???

Did he die?!

Epitaph for Nathan Hussey

Nathan Hussey

Here lies a

Listener

          

Poems for Two Voices

How I Miss

Poem for 2 voices

Lailah Wilborn

Girl                                 Boy

I hat the

Cold floors,

I miss the feeling

Of warm socks

                                      Life in the

                                      Ghetto is as hard

                                      A rock

I love my parents

By the Nazis in

Germany Long

Ago

                                      I lost my brother,

He did not deserve

To go

                   Oh,

                   How I

                   Miss.

Poem for two Voices

Nathan Hussey and Riley Barger

German Boy                     Jewish Boy

We’re searching   

For the Jews

                                      I hope they don’t

                                      Find us

Still looking

Closing in

                                      Life was the same

                                      No food – no sleep

I opened the

Door and saw

                                      Closed my eyes and

                                      Heard a noise

We’ve got’em

We’ve got’em

                                      Oh God

                                      They found us

Ship ‘em away

In the mornin’

                                      Germans

                                      Surrounded us –

                                      Not escape

                                      Woke up in a cage

Poem for 2 Voices

Matthew Odom and Wyheb Tokhli

Civilian                            Nazi

Stuck in Terezin             Controlling

                                      Innocent people

Starved to death           

                                      Separating men

                                      From women

Left with no

Family

                                      Gathering and

                                      Concentration

                                      Camps

More than likely

To get killed

                                      Treated horribly

Scared to death

                                      Hurting children

                   Gone Forever

Poem for 2 Voices

Cassandra Spencer and Janice Cochran

I woke up to the

Sun shining on my

Face

                   This morning

                                               

                                      Was dreadful I

                                      Couldn’t sleep.

                   Last night

I smiled at

The beautiful

Stars in

                   The night sky

                                      Was far away

                                      And hopeless

Why Not

Poem for 2 voices

Kameron Morris and Delaney Campbell

Stuck in the

Dark work with

No hope

                                      I will flutter

                                      Through your

                                      Thoughts

                   We’re

                   Different

Feels like I’m

Locked up in hell

                                      And I’m your

                                      Heaven

Tortured everyday

My life is painful

                                      Wish I could be

                                      There to help you

                   And then

                   Freedom

Poem for 2 Voices

Emily Whalen

I am happy

We are winning

We’re finally

Ridding Germany

Of its problems

                                      I am sad

                                      We are dying

                                      They’re taking us

                                      And killing us off

                     I can’t

                     Believe it

All the soldiers

Are very popular

We’re getting

Tons of food

                                      We’re being

                                      Starved.  I haven’t

                                      Eaten in two days.

                     I can

                     Barely move

With all the

Crowds surrounding

Me all the thanks

I am gaining for being

A Nazi

                                      We’re shoved in

                                      Seven to a bunk

                                      All I have are

                                      My dreams

                     I can see

                     The guns

Lined them up

Cleaned and ready

To fire

                                      Pointed at my head

This is just the

Beginning

                                      Yet this is my

                                      End.    

25 Word Poems - Inspired by the Holocaust (residents of Terezin)

Janice Cochran

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25 word poem

Janice Cochran

When I was with you,

I walked,

No longer crawled,

But ever since we

Departed,

I long for the feeling

Of feeling

Noting at all.

25 Word Poem

McKenzie Proctor

I long to

Know if

You’re alive

To feel

Your heart

Beating, tingling

With life

And I know

You’re the one

I can’t live without

When the Light Leaves

25 word poem

Vega Shepherd

When the light leaves

And the dark comes

When the skies are grey

And the clouds cry

When I see you

Nothing bad can happen

I Miss Your Smile

25 word poem

Riley Barger

I miss your smile

And I remember our

First kiss

And it will stay deep

In my heart

And it will be truly

Deeply missed

I Long

25 word poem

Bailey Inga

I long

For the days

With you

By my side.

To kiss you

Under the

Night sky.

My love

Is what I

Give to you.

Where Am I

25 word poem

Kendall Swindell

Where am I

Surrounded by fear

Crammed in a tiny room

10 children in a single bed

I never get to see you

In my life

At First

25 word poem

Reagan Meador

At first

All as fine

No fear

Now

It’s dark

At first

I could manage

Now

I’m getting killed

From the inside

Out.

At first

Stars

25 word poem

Lailah Wilborn

I gaze at the stars some nights,

Hoping for you to be freed.

I hope I’ll get to see your face once

More.

I’m waiting.

Tears

25 word poem

Sariya Szymanski

You bring tears to

My eyes,

My life is full of

Misery and sighs,

Please bring light,

So dark, cramped

So scared, lost, longing

Forgotten

The Smell

25 word poem

Avery Cobbs

The smell of

Death filled the air.

A place where

People always stare.

The sticks and stones

Broke my bones.

What happens – no

One knows.