Holocaust (poem) by Lisa Hilbers on AuthorsDen

Reviewed by Nordette Adams

Reviewed on June 2, 2006

Another powerful penning from you, Lisa. Your last line holds the poem. ~~Nordette

Reviewed by Phillip William Allen

Reviewed on May 30, 2006

Great thought provoking pen Lisa.

Reviewed by Carole Mathys

Reviewed on May 29, 2006

Brilliant capture, Lisa...profound! Welcome back...

Carole

Reviewed by Connie Hinnen Cook (Reader)

Reviewed on May 28, 2006

Chilling and so true! You provoke thought and your boldness is refreshing. "...silence will ensure death" ~ very profound.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)

Reviewed on May 27, 2006

I am with you 100% on the side of pessimism. Man has not shown the world in all of its recorded history one iota of trying to come to grips with the cruelty we incur on one another. On the flip side of that spectrum is man's continued scream of hate across the ocean, across the nation, across the state, across town, across the clothesline. No! When family cannot get along how in hell does anyone expect nations of different philosophies, different skin, different language to "get along." NO! It is a pipe dream to keep all of us from reverting back to barbarism. Hell of a poem, Lisa, it stirred me up, that is what poems are supposed to do, if they are any good.

Reviewed by Felix Perry

Reviewed on May 27, 2006

Tragic tale but so well written and expressed. I especially liked the way you formated this one Lisa. I have really missed you on here hope all is well.

Felix

Reviewed by J M (Reader)

Reviewed on May 27, 2006

One of the saddest times in our history Horizon you tapped into the silence reverenced by the Jewish people. In history we never cease to learn the lessons from this horrific genocide that took place in concentration camps. We are still dealt after 60 years with today’s genocide attempts in Sudan and many other places around the world. Thank you for this powerful reminder may the world take off the blinders and listen for those voices as you have poetess.

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on May 27, 2006

Lisa,

Welcome home. You have been missed. I see time away has not dulled your sharp pen or your ability to wring emotion from each powerful word...thank you, excellent write.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on May 27, 2006

Great to see you back Lisa, we've all been wondering about you! This is a fine poem and your last lines are perfect!

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Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM

Reviewed on May 27, 2006

Hooray!!! Lisa is back and with a powerful message too! We have all been hoping that you were doing ok as e-mails kept coming back and we did not see you posting. I hope that your absence was due to a positive reason and not due to illness of something like that. OK back to the review...This poem grabs at the gut and twists. There are so many tragedies that we would all like to push them aside and not have them "in our face" but the truth is that to forget to beg to make the same mistake again. In this case, even learning to forgive is not a possibility. Though many years ago, it screams as though it was yesterday and in many places it is still going on today. People murdered because of their race or religion, one feeling that they are superior to another. I am glad to have grown up in a melting pot where my neighbors were so diverse that I never learned prejudice, as it is an evil way of addressing our fellow man. Thank you for this bold "in your face" reminder of those things that are very much a part of our world and the atrocities that we must never forget. Wonderful to see you posting again, Lisa!!
Take care,
Sherry