Terezin
The heaviest wheel rolls across our foreheads
To bury itself deep somewhere inside our memories.
We've suffered here more than enough,
Here in this clot of grief and shame,
Wanting a badge of blindness
To be a proof for their own children.
A fourth year of waiting, like standing above a swamp
From which any moment might gush forth a spring.
Meanwhile, the rivers flow another way,
Another way,
Not letting you die, not letting you live.
And the cannons don't scream and the guns don't bark
And you don't see blood here.
Nothing, only silent hunger.
Children steal the bread here and ask and ask and ask
And all would wish to sleep, keep silent and just go to sleep again...
The heaviest wheel rolls across our foreheads
To bury itself deep somewhere inside our memories
Mif, 1944
The heaviest wheel rolls across our foreheads
To bury itself deep somewhere inside our memories.
We've suffered here more than enough,
Here in this clot of grief and shame,
Wanting a badge of blindness
To be a proof for their own children.
A fourth year of waiting, like standing above a swamp
From which any moment might gush forth a spring.
Meanwhile, the rivers flow another way,
Another way,
Not letting you die, not letting you live.
And the cannons don't scream and the guns don't bark
And you don't see blood here.
Nothing, only silent hunger.
Children steal the bread here and ask and ask and ask
And all would wish to sleep, keep silent and just go to sleep again...
The heaviest wheel rolls across our foreheads
To bury itself deep somewhere inside our memories
Mif, 1944
Your butterfly was well made, and I can tell that you put effort into making the butterfly. The color scheme of the butterfly was good, but I was wondering why you chose to put green on the bottom of the butterfly. I really liked how you put the skull to represent death, and the lamb to represent the innocence of the author. Your thinglink tags are extremely good, so god job on making your butterfly.
ReplyDeleteYour butterfly has less drawing but a large amount a creativity as the poem. At first glance the poem is strong and descriptive. Your butterfly is very much like the poem which has a hidden message. An example is the wheel which symbolizes the traumatic experiences this person has been through. Great job!
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ReplyDeleteIn your Thinglink, there is a lot of repetition of the same points. For example, on one side of your butterfly, you said the author just wants to escape, and for another tag, you said he wants to end the suffering. You also repeated tags about the wheel, the mood, death, and the black background. You made grammatical errors in almost every tag. These errors were mostly incomplete sentences. You also wrote it in first person. The only time you should do this is for the butterfly explanation, since you are explaining why you did something. Your butterfly seems very boring and is not creative. It is mostly black, and the only creative thing on it is the wheel. The other things, such as the black background and skull, could be applied to almost any poem.
Lazar I like your butterfly it has dark colors,that matches the holocaust.I like how you used the skull and the two bones to represent death.But I didn't quite get what the lamb represented.I read through it and clicked on the tab I still couldn't gather enough information.
ReplyDeleteThe butterfly looked like it was made in the last minute, not much mood is shown and the lack of detail. However the labeling in the thinglink was well put and I understood most of the poem and how he had to survive and such. Seen a bit of errors and duplicates but It was detailed. I would work a bit on improving the butterfly a bit more.
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