AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Lisa Loucks Christenson, iDietmar Rothe, iStephen Murray, iMichael Gorton, iJames Hill, iT. Weber, iJoshua Su, iGlen Schulz, iPatricia Sims, iEva Pasco, i

  Home > History > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     
Libbie Richman

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Sponsor Me!
· Books
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· 26 Titles
· 54 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: May, 2003

Libbie Richman, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen!


Books by
Libbie Richman





See all Books
by Libbie Richman



Six Million Plus Seven
by Libbie Richman → (All Poetry by Libbie Richman)
  
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook

SIX MILLION PLUS SEVEN






AND YE HERITAGE IS IN JEOPARDY,
THE WORDS RANG LIKE A PARODY.
HOPE FOR UNITY WAS RAMPANT,
JUSTICE FOR PAST DISCRIMINATION OBSCURE.
BELIEVING THE PRAYERS AS THEY WERE CHANTED,
KNOWING NOT, BUT PLEADING TO BE SURE.
GOD AND HIS MERCY---A CRY HEARD IN HEAVEN,
BODIES LIKE LICE, SIX MILLION PLUS SEVEN.

HOMES ONCE LACED WITH LOVE AND LAUGHTER
NOW ABOLISHED FOREVER AFTER.
WORKSHOPS ONCE ACTIVE AND FILLED
BY FIRE DESTROYED AND STILLED.
LOVE SHARED AS ARMS EMBRACED ONE ANOTHER,
NOW, LONELINESS AND DEATH SEPARATE SISTER FROM BROTHER.
WHY, OH WHY, I CRY TO HEAVEN?
GONE ARE MY FAMILY, GONE ARE SIX MILLION PLUS SEVEN.

WHAT FAITH DOES ONE CLING TO WHEN ALL IS LOST?
HOW MUCH FOR A SOUL, CAN YOU ESTABLISH A COST?
I SEARCH MY HEART FOR PEACE AND BELIEVING,
BUT IT'S JUSTICE I WANT FOR ALL THE DECEIVING.
WHERE DO I LOOK TO AVOID THE PAIN I SEE?
MY HERITAGE, DEAR GOD, WAS STOLEN FROM ME.
WHY? WHY, I CRY TO HEAVEN?
GONE FOREVER ARE SIX MILLION PLUS SEVEN.

NO TIME TO SAY FAREWELL TO THOSE WHO MATTERED
THEIR BODIES, NOW, ARE ASHES THAT LAY SCATTERED.
NO CHANCE TO SEE THE BABY BLOSSOM WITH LIFE
OR THE YOUNG BOY GROW UP AND TAKE A WIFE;
NO VISION OF A MOTHER TENDING TO HER HOME
OR OF PAPA PRAYING FROM A TEMPLE OF STONE.
GOD, WHERE WAS YOUR MERCY, I ASK UP TO HEAVEN?
GONE, FOREVER, ARE SIX MILLION PLUS SEVEN.


Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "Six Million Plus Seven"
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on August 28, 2003
Well expressed and compelling.

Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)
Reviewed on August 27, 2003
Wow, this is some deep intense and excellant poetic expression!
~Nikki~


Popular Poetry (History)
  1.  Legacy
  2.  together they persevered...
  3.  Diamonds in the Rust
  4.  Rani Durgavati -The warrior queen
  5.  Napoleon's Nascent Love For Josephine
  6.  He Built For Her A Tomb
  7.  Legend
  8.  Obama's Finest Hour
  9.  A New and Beautiful World will Rise on
  10.  Betrayal
  11.  Guantanamo I am Poem Against the Coffe
  12.  TALL TALES OF TALL SHIPS
  13.  Work
  14.  White Throne
  15.  La Belle Rabelle
  16.  Surviving History
  17.  Titanic
  18.  Rockets' Red Glare
  19.  Haskel Free Library And Opera House
  20.  A Walk Back Through Time
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Patrick's Unfinished: A Intellectual History by Dr. Patrick ODougherty

A work in American history and existentialism Which is an Invitation to connect and create the dots in your life to other revolutions like the Cuban Revolution.  
Member BookAds

Savannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane (edited by Aberjhani) by Aberjhani

The authors of Savannah: Brokers, Bankers and Bay Lane: Inside the Slave Trade (Civil War Savannah), received the 2012 Award for Excellence in Research from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The Award was issued by then Georgia Secretary  
Member BookAds

James Connolly and the Reconquest of Ireland by Dr. Patrick ODougherty

This is a Revisionist Interpretation of Ireland and the Irish Labor Experience from the Ethno-graphic and Socialist perspective  
Member BookAds