Enfants de la guerre

A collage poem in French (and its translation)

Trisha Traughber
Nov 3 · 2 min read
Enfants de la guerre *
Dans la neige fraîche, leurs traces **

Les enfants de la guerre sont
les enfants
soustraits
exfiltrés
cachés
pour échapper aux rafles
et vivre.

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Trisha Traughber

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Immigrant, bilingual, mother, teacher, book-worm, writer. Life is better when we create - together.

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