Holocaust Poem: Day After Day by Roni Kadish

Day After Day
by Roni Kadish
Moshav Neve Yarak

Dedicated to my daughter-in-law's mother, a survivor of Auschwitz and slave laborer.

When winds gale,
Freeze eyes shut,
I think of her
Driven on icy feet in a weaving line
Over bodies buried in mud.

I shudder at her memories-
Stories of furnaces,
Beatings,
Tears that dried before they fell.

See scattered bones,
Her hands outstretched for crusts of bread.
I'm with her
When hearts stop beating,
And flames devour souls.

My mother's cries follow me day after day.

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Poetry Submission: Life is a Riddle by Nosson Kohn

Life is a Riddle
by Nosson Kohn
 
Life is a Riddle,
who can figure it out?
better know the secret,
don't be in doubt

That which seems sweet
turns out to be bitter,
you only find out in the end
once its too late

That which is feared most of all-
death is its name
turns out to be
-just life re-birthing-
in a higher plane
 
Letting go of what you want
is the only way to get it,
to improve your performance,
stop thinking about it.

To make the most of time,
loose track of it.
To avoid worrying about the future,
focus on the present moment

The way to the pleasant life
is through hard work,
those who destroy their desires
experience endless pleasure.

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Poetry Submission: in a small dark room before the dawn

5th lumbar remade
by Yosef Tzafnat-Paneiach

in a small dark room
before the dawn, memories
of treblinka and sobibor,
of warsaw and tel hai.
in iraq, david raziel dies--for the enemy.
in america, uncomfortable questions--
suppressed but never silenced.
a victim, but a victor...arlosoroff, shalhevet, gandhi.

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