linda.j.eide

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  April 2022     2 years ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

I am not six million

My name is not six million
I am Anna who once loved
And dreamed and hoped
I am not a number tattooed on my arm
I have a name Anna who knew fear
When they made us run down the street
To the train station laughing and calling out names
I didn’t...

– by Linda Eide

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alone

I walk alone
Amid the crowds
Of unsmiling grim-faced people
And dream of turning into a white bird
And fly away
From the noise surrounding me
I hear in my heart
The call of the sea
Quiet under the moonlight
I want to see each star
Shining...

– by linda eide

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my last love

You will be my last love, darling
The one I remember with a smile
As night falls around me
When the guns become too loud
I listen for your voice
And I am not afraid
You will be my last love, darling
Keep my heart safe and shed no tears
I am...

– by linda eide

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to my love

Dear one I write you tonight
From a faraway land to say I love you
And I miss you more than words can say
Somewhere in the darkness I hear guns being fired
And I know someone is dying alone
In a muddy field
I wonder if tomorrow
Will be my...

– by linda eide

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