Them

They came for the gays and the gypsies

and the poets wrote it down in limerick and abstract

rhyming non sense idyllic frown

They came for the old and the unfirm

Euthanasia Angels in the night

and the poets were apopolectic

in their verse, the language took

a dirty turn, the turn of phrase, the ...

and then the Jews were next, were gone

and the wordsmiths shouted loud, read our poetry you,

in silence, ya Nazi f***s,

and then they came for you 

ya bohemian poet f**k, artist

malcontent of society,

who will read the words

when the words are dead

and the ones that did nothing

were guiltiest of all,

and there was  no-one left

to write it down,

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed a timely piece gram as we watch Syria enter a decade and Yemen and Sudan etc. Poets can write it into history but in reality no one is there to protect and preserve innocence. And even if the written word has power it has little impact! A nicely written and sensitive piece sir!

[gram linski]

No cheeky banter just a simple thanks,

[kentuck14]

someone once said . . ."For evil to exist [to win], all it takes is good men to do [or say] nothing."
Always a timely reminder is this poem Gram. Thanks.
T

[gram linski]

Glad you enjoyed, T. poem was based on that quote, thanks

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the Beats wrote to stir those non-poets to movement...to reconcile the wrongs to make them right.
I love how this progresses through all of the different hates and prejudices and the discounted elderly...the cry of the poets for caring and love...but nothing done? no one listens? and eventually there will be no one left to write it down...or the poets will just become so frustrated with the deaf ears, they will give up.
powerful powerful write...in the same breath as Ginsberg's "Howl"----

j.

[gram linski]

Powerful review, j. we will never give up," take away my pen and I will write in blood upon the walls," love the beats, high praise indeed