Anne Frank
This Gentile has always been moved by her story...8 total reviews
Comment from Sarah Tummey
I like this poem, and how you included some of your life-story (your wife and three daughters, and your faith) as well as writing about her. Attic/fanatic is a great rhyme.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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I like this poem, and how you included some of your life-story (your wife and three daughters, and your faith) as well as writing about her. Attic/fanatic is a great rhyme.
Comment Written 19-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Many thanks for your thoughtful review. Appreciation of Anne brings me to connect with the people I love. Thanks for noticing. Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas.
Comment from Mia Twysted
Good questions are asked within this piece while telling the history of a great and brave soul. So many younger kids are starting to say that things didn't happen, mostly because they were not around to see them or talk to those that were involved with them. People who are dying off and most likely taking the history with them.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Good questions are asked within this piece while telling the history of a great and brave soul. So many younger kids are starting to say that things didn't happen, mostly because they were not around to see them or talk to those that were involved with them. People who are dying off and most likely taking the history with them.
Comment Written 19-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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We agree, but I express it this way: the young are so absorbed with themselves and their cell phone current events, that there is no room on their mental shelf for harsh realities. I do not pray that a reality hits them one day because I have experienced reality and it isn't fun. Thanks for your thoughtful review. Merry Christmas
Comment from jmdg1954
Anne Franks story is one that will never get old and will always be an inspiration to life if you let it be.
Your writing is distinct and well read. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Best luck in the contest.
John
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Anne Franks story is one that will never get old and will always be an inspiration to life if you let it be.
Your writing is distinct and well read. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Best luck in the contest.
John
Comment Written 19-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Thank you for your complimentary and thoughtful review. To have this surprise draw of someone so important to me was indeed an honor. I did my best to honor her, and to connect that history to today's. Merry Christmas.
Comment from Navada
As a fellow Christian and student of the Holocaust, I have also long been moved by Anne's story. Her verve. wit and joir de vivre are so evident in her diary, even as she hid behind solid walls and was imprisoned for so long during a formative time in her life.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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As a fellow Christian and student of the Holocaust, I have also long been moved by Anne's story. Her verve. wit and joir de vivre are so evident in her diary, even as she hid behind solid walls and was imprisoned for so long during a formative time in her life.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Thanks for reading my poem and sharing your thoughts. It was an honor to write it. More important than any prize is being able to share and remind people of the importance of our freedoms and our lives. These should never be taken for granted. Merry Christmas and Great New Year!
Comment from Austin Yu
The story of Anne Frank was such a moving one for me a few years ago when I was learning about it in primary school. I was so struck by how calm she remained, writing peacefully in her journal under such horrendous circumstances. I agree with the first line, about how we can always appreciate the things that haven't changed, like Anne's beautiful determination to allow the world to hear about the Nazis. You pieced her life together so well in this short poem.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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The story of Anne Frank was such a moving one for me a few years ago when I was learning about it in primary school. I was so struck by how calm she remained, writing peacefully in her journal under such horrendous circumstances. I agree with the first line, about how we can always appreciate the things that haven't changed, like Anne's beautiful determination to allow the world to hear about the Nazis. You pieced her life together so well in this short poem.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Thanks for reading my poem and sharing your thoughts. It was an honor to write it. More important than any prize is being able to share and remind people of the importance of our freedoms and our lives. These should never be taken for granted. Merry Christmas and Great New Year!
Comment from patcelaw
This is a very beautiful poem that you have written about a beautiful young lady. And Frank, indeed was a wonderful young girl who went through some very difficult times, and you have expressed those times of her life very well. I appreciate the effort that you put into this poem.
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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This is a very beautiful poem that you have written about a beautiful young lady. And Frank, indeed was a wonderful young girl who went through some very difficult times, and you have expressed those times of her life very well. I appreciate the effort that you put into this poem.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 19-Dec-2023
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Thanks for reading my poem and sharing your thoughts. It was an honor to write it. More important than any prize is being able to share and remind people of the importance of our freedoms and our lives. These should never be taken for granted. Merry Christmas and Great New Year!
Comment from Wendyanne
This is a very interesting and informative, well written piece of biographical poetry. Anne Frank was an amazing girl! Very selfless and brave. You have described her very well. Good luck.
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2023
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This is a very interesting and informative, well written piece of biographical poetry. Anne Frank was an amazing girl! Very selfless and brave. You have described her very well. Good luck.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2023
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Thank you. As the father of daughters, I claim special empathy with that family. I'll never understand the hurting of a child. But, the world is an evil place. I did not know I would get Anne Frank when I signed up, but I could not have wished for a better challenge. And, her story fits so well with the atrocities of October 7 and since.
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
This is such an immensely sad story of this young girl who documented her life living in hiding in Nazi Germany. I like the way you broaden this tragedy out to include your own personal thoughts and mystification as to how this shameful episode in our history could ever have been allowed to occur. An excellent tribute to Anne Frank backed up by the message within the notes of your honour in writing this post. Thanks for sharing and good luck! Debbie
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2023
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This is such an immensely sad story of this young girl who documented her life living in hiding in Nazi Germany. I like the way you broaden this tragedy out to include your own personal thoughts and mystification as to how this shameful episode in our history could ever have been allowed to occur. An excellent tribute to Anne Frank backed up by the message within the notes of your honour in writing this post. Thanks for sharing and good luck! Debbie
Comment Written 18-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 18-Dec-2023
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Thank you. As the father of daughters, I claim special empathy with that family. I'll never understand the hurting of a child. But, the world is an evil place. I did not know I would get Anne Frank when I signed up, but I could not have wished for a better challenge. And, her story fits so well with the atrocities of October 7 and since.
