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Shades

by Niphredil

Member since 2005 · Posted 3 May 2005 · Edited 14 May 2005 · 2 comments

Majdanek was never deserted. its barren timbers ring with footfalls those of the living come to look, and cry, and leave And by their side the silent ones treading the rotten floorboards noiselessly.

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[n/a] Niphredil 16-May-05/6:50 AM Reply
This poem was written after a visit to the extermination camp, Majdanek, in Poland.
[9] Ranger 18-Mar-06/2:31 PM Reply
For the context, I thought the first line was stunning. Good parallels between living and dead. I felt like I wanted an image after line two - something in keeping with the 'barren timbers'/'rotten floorboards' theme perhaps. Other than that, no quarrel.