Holocaust Poems

Note from Maxine's Mom: At the end of 4th grade, Maxine's class took on the task of writing about one subject in multiple genres.  Each student selected a topic, researched the topic, then wrote about the topic in a variety of formats.  Maxine selected the Holocaust as her topic.  The following are the poems she wrote on the Holocaust and submitted as part of her final draft.

JEWS JEWS

Jews, Jews

skinny and scared

concentration camps

cold cots

no pillows

gas chambers

leafless trees

piles of shoes

Gold teeth too

THE FINAL SOLUTION

Death

Nazi

Here I come

I seek Jews to kill

Adolf Hitler

guns

kill all the Jews

Its the final solution

The Holocaust

I am the Holocaust*

I am a friend of Adolf Hitler

I am a terrifying event 

I am a nemesis of all of Europe's Jews

I am a trickster who makes Jews think their taking a shower but instead I kill them

I am a killer to Jews, gypsies and more

I am a time that says the Holocaust is my name and killing Europe's Jews is my game

*denotes the version submitted as her final work. The following represent the poem as a work in progress:

I am the Holocaust (draft version)

I am a friend of Adolf Hitler
I am a terrifying event
I am an enemy of the Jews
I am in Europe
I am a trickster who says, "Take a shower."
But instead of coming out alive and wet, you come out dead.
I am a Nazi thing
I am a horrible time
I am a killer of Jews, gypsies and homosexuals
I am a time that says, "the Holocaust is my name and killing Jews is my game."

Days Go By

Days go by

I fell (feel) alone and dry

My heart pounds at the sound of boots

snowy days

rainy days

cloudy days

even sunny days

all is miserable 

in my life

during the Holocaust