Poetry of World War IIWorld War II was a horrible time. Many people were captured and kept as prisoners of war simply because they were soldiers on the enemy's side. The saddest part is that innocent families, from children to the elderly, have been kept in camps because of their race. The country feared that it was still in conspiracy with its homeland which was the enemy. In extreme cases, such as during the Holocaust, the Germans took Jews hostage and killed them by the thousands because they felt their race was inferior. (United) Each of these groups of people wrote heartwarming poems about their experiences, from the hatred they faced to the conditions in which they lived. Japanese provisional camps during World War II trapped all Japanese living in America at the time of Pearl Harbor. and World War II, fearing that they would still try to collaborate at home in Japan. During their stay in these burial camps, the Japanese wrote many poems. Adults and children wrote poems about what they were experiencing and feeling. (Japanese-American)The children in the burial camps did not understand what was happening in the world around them. They saw themselves as part of America, just like the non-Japanese American citizens around them. They considered these camps a new adventure. But this is far from being the case. As they grew older, they began to understand where they were and why they were there. All Japanese Americans received fierce hatred, ranging from verbal abuse to having their homes and cars destroyed or burned. (Wakatsuki) A Japanese adult in a Japanese burial camp wrote a poem called Barracks home. The author writes about the housing conditions...... middle of paper ......ll in Manzanar. 2nd ed. . New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 1973. Print. Friedler, Sorelle. “WWII Poetry.” poetry written in Japanese internment camps in the United States and in ghettos and concentration camps in Europe. No. Internet. March 8, 2014."Poetry and art of the Holocaust." . Web mania. Internet. March 8, 2014..Trueman, Chris. “Prisoners of war”. History learning site. No. Internet. March 8, 2014. Smith, Mary and Barbara Freer. "Second World War - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I." Poetry .Np. Internet. March 8, 2014. .Knowles, John. A separate peace. Macmillen, 1975. Print.