Thursday, April 12, 2012

An Anne Frank Moment ... a poem by Anne Selden Annab

      "A boy was jailed for flying a kite"
                        (There is no long distance now)

She packaged up brief stories
told carefully- short significant
connections...  character playing out
into life affirming scenarios
mostly American
with one line
one plea
hidden-
an Anne Frank moment
for modern times

A small poem
with significant ramifications
almost at the end:

DEAREST JEWS,
PLEASE CHOOSE
TO BE NICER

might I add
love, Palestine







poem copyright ©2012 Anne Selden Annab

1 comment:

  1. "There is no long distance now : very short stories" by Palestinian American poet Naomi Shihab Nye https://books.google.com/books/about/There_Is_No_Long_Distance_Now.html?id=rq64_RWZQOoC

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