Poetry and Art of Jan Thenuinck

Auschwitz  

burned in the oven

I perished in smoke

the remaining ashes

are deep grey

© by Jan Theuninck

Red River  

the train was too late

by foot it was too far

the river too nearby

the hatred too strong

bullets through your head

river of blood

red Danube

dead Budapest

This poem is about the elimination of approximately 20.000 Jews who fell victim to the fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest.  Today artwork depicted in the wikipedia article is a monument to them:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes_on_the_Danube_Promenade

© by Jan Theuninck

Text from the poem, Tyne Cot cut in the corten steel wall of the library in Zonnebeke, Belgium

Tyne Cot

when you left

for the front

you were

living heroes

and now

you are on top

of the hill

where only

poppies

blow..........

Tyne Cot is the largest military cemetery of Commonwealth forces on the continent (WW1), the text is cut in the wall of the library in Zonnebeke, Belgium, a mile away from Tyne Cot : see photo at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_Cot

© by Jan Theuninck

Hill 60 

poppies blood

on the green grass

on the hills of mud

away they pass

© by Jan Theuninck 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_60_(Western_Front)

Polygon Wood   

like a shrine

you lie

in the middle

of the wood

and warn

of those

who preach

peace

and make

war

  © by Jan Theuninck 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Polygon_Wood

See more of Jan Theuninck's work at: http://www.voiceseducation.org/content/jan-thenuninck