Write Out Loud's Poem of the Month returns, with John Coopey's moving questions for one Auschwitz victim
To mark the start of this month, we are reintroducing an old Write Out Loud favourite - Poem of the Month. John Coopey, one of Write Out Loud's stalwart contributors for many years, posted a belated tribute to Holocaust Memorial Day with a poem that has received a lot of admiration from his fellow poets. 'Hana Reiner, who were you?' describes his desire to know the identity and story of a young girl named Hana Reiner, a victim...
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