Jan Theuninck

"Stalag Zehn B"

the feldwebel became a general
the camp doctor , a professor
and we the Jews - it's banal
we stayed Jewish - no error .
 

"Shoa"

wandering Jew,damned Jew
and no words on them are forbidden
suspected of crimes and treason
they have been put in jail

they have been tortured and murdered
in the name of an insane idea
and now - more than ever -

who is next, please ?

Yperite

late at night
a mist
fills the valley.
without knowing
it suffocates
like a dark power.
on the fields
our dead bodies
and under the grass
a brown soil

"Tyne Cot"

when you left
for the front
you were
living heroes
and now
you're on top
of the hill
where only
poppies
blow..........

Papirac

The real post-war power

is still the one of the "Uebermenschen"

and this "democracy" can't be realized

but on the back of the "Untermenschen" !

Polygon Wood 

like a shrine
you lie
in the middle
of the wood
and  warn 
of  those
who preach
peace
and make
war

Silence!

don't try to be
who you are

silence!

some more discipline
and a cheerful face

silence!

your duty is sacred
work yourself to death

silence!

your only way
is "their" way

silence!

Jan Theuninck was born (54.O6.O7) in Zonnebeke, Belgium. Also known under the pen name of ORC (°1954), a few of his poems became famous e.g. "Stalag Zehn B," "Papirac," "Yperite," "Tyne Cot," and "Shoa," which is an early warning against an ideological hate .Native speaker in Dutch, he writes in French, sometimes in English.  His poetry has been translated in many languages and is given in courses at different universities.
 

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