Poem: Two Girls by Red Haircrow

 I wrote this poem long before I read the search term leading someone to this website, which was, “Red Haircrow’s connection to Nazis?” I have no connection to Nazis. I have, however, been a long time student and researcher regarding pre- and post-WW2 Germany and the Holocaust. The interest developed after getting to know a […]

Poem: Conversation With A Former Nazi

I began this poem after briefly sketching down some ideas following an encounter on the way to work. I live in Berlin, must take the M-10 tram from Frankfurter Tor to my stop on Danzigerstraße. One morning, average number of people on the tram, I was standing at one end with a quite older man […]

My Poetry in Assaracus Magazine, Issue 9 Coming Jan. 10, 2013 from Sibling Rivalry Press

Publishing on January 10th 2013, a few days after I turn 41, my poetry will appear starting on page 41 of Assaracus Magazine, Issue 9. I consider that a good sign for the coming year. * * * * “BEST NEW MAGAZINE” – LIBRARY JOURNAL (May 2012): “…Sibling Rivalry Press is publishing well-wrought, challenging literature […]

One of my Influences: Yevgeny Yevtushenko & his poem “Party Card”

It’s one of the few physical books I carry with me when/wherever I travel, whether I have just a rucksack with my stuff in it or a suitcase: a book of selected poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. From famous poets & poems website, the author bio: “Born in Siberia near Lake Baikal in 1933, Yevtushenko is […]

“To Die” A Poem by Hannah Senesh With Commentary & Memories

I wonder what Hannah would have said about much of the world, and especially colonially, violently founded countries like the USA, supporting Israeli occupation and genocide of Palestinians? Hannah, a freedom fighter who fought not only for liberation of her own people, but others similarly oppressed? Her poem might be uttered today by someone from […]