http://www.englishforums.com/English/FooCommunityAnythingNess/Forum6.htmAnything that doesn't fit into the other forums.enXMOD (Build: 3598.39794)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#680377Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:32:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:680377Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#680377http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-680377.xmlThe Hangman by Maurice Ogdenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#656690Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:07:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:656690Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#656690http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-656690.xmlyes. today i had my first grade nine english exam and we had to connnect the poem to parts it "To Kill a Mockingbird",Shakespear's "merchant of venice" and "Aushwitz" it is an absolutly amazing poem.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#588741Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:588741Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#588741http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-588741.xmlMiss Lynch?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#576470Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:576470Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#576470http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-576470.xmlMaurice Ogden. There's info on the poem in Wikipedia.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#559481Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:559481Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#559481http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-559481.xmlIts by Muarice Ogden called "Hangman"http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#558537Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:558537Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#558537http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-558537.xmlThe Hangman by Maurice Ogdenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#508516Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:508516Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#508516http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-508516.xmlCould you possibly tell me the name of movie that was based on Hangman by Maurice Ogden? Thanks in advance for all of your help.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#506780Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:506780Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#506780http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-506780.xmlare you calling me a coward? becuase, I, being the courageous person that i am would be the one to shout MURDER! SHAME! I dont like this peom and i wouldnt dare to embrace it either. so RAWRhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#506213Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:506213Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/6/xmqg/Post.htm#506213http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-506213.xmlI remember when I was in grade school, a teacher brought a video to class called "The Hangman". It was a cartoon, but it was very dark, disturbing, moross thng done in not quite colorless greys. The whole cartoon was done in a poem. It was all very morbid I even thought back then. I'm in my 40s now and still remember the hangman, barely more than a shadow with eyes, killing the people of this town one by one untill they were all gone except one man whom the hangman told he was going to be hanged for not stopping the hangman from killing everyone else. Wow, what a messege for a bunch of 5th graders! Ive never seen it again since, but would like to find a copy of that cartoon. I ran across a copy of this on a Betamax...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#500426Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:500426Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#500426http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-500426.xmlthis poem is called the "hangman" and its by Maurice Ogden i believe...lol.. i read the poem last year in 7th gradehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#500305Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:500305Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#500305http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-500305.xmlthe poem is called the hangman and its by maurice ogden.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#484530Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:484530Anonymous11http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#484530http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-484530.xmlThe poem is called "The Hangman" and it was written by Maurice Ogden...though I really think your analysis is a little flawed. I don't think the poem is about the Jews in WW ll who "mostly kept their heads down..." ... more likely about about the citizens of Germany and the rest of the world (including the americans), who didn't get involved until what was happening affected them. I think it is also relevant to alot of what goes on today.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#446204Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:446204Anonymous12http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#446204http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-446204.xml"The Hangman", and it's by Maurice Ogden.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#437772Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:437772Anonymous13http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#437772http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-437772.xmlI have a copy of this poem in a small orange booklet form that I've had since about 1957-58. I had heard an account on the radio of a school teacher in Orange County, California, who was being accused before the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) as having been or having associated with Communists, knowingly or unknowingly. The radio emcee said the teacher was trying to raise money for his legal defense and towards that goal was requesting 50 cents for a copy of his poem. I sent in my 50 cents and received the Maurice Ogden poem in return. The poem had a dramatic impact on my thinking and values. I'm terribly happy to find it's still in print and still being talked about! Jan Henderson, Redwood City, CAhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#429430Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:429430Anonymous14http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#429430http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-429430.xmlThe hangmanhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#355128Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:355128Anonymous15http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#355128http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-355128.xmlThe Hangmanhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#354238Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:354238Anonymous16http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#354238http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-354238.xmlTHE HANGMAN by MAURICE OGDEN 1. Into our town the Hangman came, Smelling of gold and blood and flame— And he paced our bricks with a diffident air And built his frame on the courthouse square. The scaffold stood by the courthouse side, Only as wide as the door was wide; A frame as tall, or little more, Than the capping sill of the courthouse door. And we wondered, whenever we had the time, Who the criminal, what the crime, That Hangman judged with the yellow twist Of knotted hemp in his busy fist. And innocent through we were, with dread We passed those eyes of buckshot lead; Till one cried: “Hangman, who is he For whom you raise the gallows-tree: Then a twinkle grew in the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#351815Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:351815Anonymous17http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/5/xmqg/Post.htm#351815http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-351815.xmlNO its not!!! Its about the evil about the time of the Holocaust. How when good men dont do anything.....evil will prevail...becuase everyone dies in the end except for the narator who gets killed in the end...he didint do anyhting so everyone got murdered.....turning a blind eye was what america was doing att that time....so no....its not about the witch hunt...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#343841Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343841Anonymous18http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#343841http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-343841.xmlI'm the same guy as from above. No I'm not saying your wrong, but I just think Maurice sounds like a man's name. I still can't find any information on him online... anyone know any sites?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#342694Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:342694Flygonwings19http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#342694http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-342694.xmlAh... Ok, I'm wrong. I have a tendency to do that.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#342276Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:342276Anonymous20http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#342276http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-342276.xmlMaurice Ogden, aren't they a guy? I have to do a biography on him (chose him over a list of hundred year old poets...just because of the Hangman, great poem.) But I can't find any information about him online... When there's no wiki article you know you're in trouble. I love the last stanza of the poem, "Beneath the beam that blocked they sky none before stood as alone as I. The Hangman then strapped me...with no voice there to cry 'Stay!'... for me in the empty square."http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#335130Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:335130Flygonwings21http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#335130http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-335130.xmlI think it is a girl. I'm not sure so look it up.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#334752Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334752Anonymous22http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#334752http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-334752.xmlIts called "the hangman" and its by Maurice Ogden. I'm doing a poetry project and i gotta firure out if thats a girl or a guyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#334010Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:334010Flygonwings23http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#334010http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-334010.xmlThis poem sounds very nice when read to other people.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#329110Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:329110Anonymous24http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#329110http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-329110.xml"Hangman" by Maurice Ogden Into our town the hangman came, Smelling of gold and blood and flame. He paced our bricks with a diffident air And built his frame on the courthouse square. It's 30 stanzas in length. Note that most copies of the poem on the interned say "different" in the third line. "Difficent" is correct. Outstanding poem about apathy. The whole town said "I don't care."http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#325929Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:325929Anonymous25http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#325929http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-325929.xmlhangman by: maurice ogdenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#318605Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:318605Anonymous26http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/4/xmqg/Post.htm#318605http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-318605.xmlthere is a web called http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/articles6/hangman_by_maurice_o.htm i hope this is what you are looking for. Good luck!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#300302Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:300302Anonymous27http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#300302http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-300302.xmlThanks so much for putting the poem on here, I had to write a paper on this and was having problems finding it. by the way it is an awesome poemhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#299000Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:299000Anonymous28http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#299000http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-299000.xmlThe poem is "The Hangman" by Maurice Ogdenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#297154Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:297154Anonymous29http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#297154http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-297154.xmlI remember when I was in grade school, a teacher brought a video to class called "The Hangman". It was a cartoon, but it was very dark, disturbing, moross thng done in not quite colorless greys. The whole cartoon was done in a poem. It was all very morbid I even thought back then. I'm in my 40s now and still remember the hangman, barely more than a shadow with eyes, killing the people of this town one by one untill they were all gone except one man whom the hangman told he was going to be hanged for not stopping the hangman from killing everyone else. Wow, what a messege for a bunch of 5th graders! Ive never seen it again since, but would like to find a copy of that cartoon.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#289273Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:289273Philip30http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#289273http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-289273.xmlKhoff wrote: I would disagree with your teacher's suggestion that it showed the mentaility of most Jewish people during WWII, who mostly kept their heads down and avoided trouble in the hopes that it'll just stop on it's own. I think it shows the mentality of the "regular" people, who did not protest as long as the victims were "others" - foreigners, Jews, etc. I agree that the poet should have meant that....I hope he did, for I think it is a much better lesson, as your poetic example is.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#259942Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:259942Anonymous31http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#259942http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-259942.xmlThe poem is simply called "The Hangman," and it's by Maurice Ogden.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#252193Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:252193Anonymous32http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#252193http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-252193.xmlThis is by Ogden Nash I believe. Hope that helpshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#231165Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:231165Anonymous33http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#231165http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-231165.xmlI totally love this poem too Even though everyone was like 'what?' when we heard that for first time, I caught the meaning right away. And I heve never read anything that good before, I mean talking about staying quiet whan you should stand up for sometnig. And another thing is, it is not just about the Jew being quit when whoever got killed and then it was their turn. It is rather about EVERYONE during WWII, because there were lot of like French or Polish people who were ignorants for what was happening. I say 'a lot of them' but I should have said 'some' . I just do not want to offend anyone. I know that these were hard times and there still were so many good people So do not miss understood the poem, because even though it was written...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#222864Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222864Anonymous34http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#222864http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-222864.xmlits called "The Hangman". i'm sorry but i dont know who it was by. my english teacher read it to me toohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#217316Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:217316Anonymous35http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/3/xmqg/Post.htm#217316http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-217316.xmlThe poem is called "The Hangman" and it was written by Maurice Ogden.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#212838Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:212838Anonymous36http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#212838http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-212838.xmlYeah, the poem is called The Hangman by Maurice Ogden (I hope I spelled that right). Our English teacher had us read it, too.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#212591Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:212591Anonymous37http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#212591http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-212591.xmlthis is one of my favorite poems. it's right up there with "jabberwocky", "the raven", and "annabell lee" in my mind. does anyone know where I can find the video of it online. my mom hadn't even heard of the poem until I read it to her, and I want to show her the video too.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#212505Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:212505Anonymous38http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#212505http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-212505.xmlThe poem is called "Hangman" by Maurice Ogden My English teacher read it too for review of the Holocausthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#201669Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:201669Anonymous39http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#201669http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-201669.xmlThe name of the poem is Hangman by Maurice Ogdenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#171390Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:171390Anonymous40http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#171390http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-171390.xmlIt is published in the Facing History and Ourselves resource book "Holocaust and Human Behavior." You can find it online at facing.org if you go to Resources and Resource Books. They cite "Regina Publications" as the only publishing info for the poem. I am using this poem to accompany The Crucible this week in English class ... it's something I still remember watching over 15 years ago when I took Sunday School classes ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#143687Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:143687Anonymous41http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#143687http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-143687.xmlMy English Professor introduced me to this poem recently. At first, I thought the poem was weird, however, I started looking up the poem on the Internet and found one website which explained the background and why it was written. The name of the poem is “Hangman”, by: Maurice Ogden.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#143672Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:143672Anonymous42http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#143672http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-143672.xmlIt's very ironic that I came across this because I am looking for it, too. We watched the video "The Hangman" in my Advanced Reading class and I loved it. I googled "The Hangman Poem" and this came up. By the way, it's by Maurice Ogden. Thanks! -SPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#142830Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:142830Anonymous43http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#142830http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-142830.xmlThe poem isn't about Jews or the Holocaust. It's about Macarthyism and the Communist witch hunts of the 1950s.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#142811Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:142811Anonymous44http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/2/xmqg/Post.htm#142811http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-142811.xmlhi, I was looking for this poem because my teacher also gave it to me withought the title so I was looking around because i had hw on it and I forgot my copy in school so i searched it on google and after i read your's I found it on line for a teachers guide and I think that Rosemry Conroy wrote it because his name was on the top of the guide next to a picture. I am going to check at www.poetry.com and will report to you as soon as I can. Since I am going to have to go and e-mail you again i'll write myself down as the deep pink rescuer.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#142087Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:142087Robyn Terri45http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#142087http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-142087.xmlThat is a awesome poem. Do you think it would make enough of an impact on someone to change their behavior and speak up against injustice or wrong? Although we all embrace the message, we never think it would be us who would be the coward who hangs back and does nothing.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#141418Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:141418Anonymous46http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#141418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-141418.xmlIronic that I should come across your post. I'm afraid I have no information to give you but I myself came across your message because I'm looking for the same poem. I read it in my Senior year Minority Groups class and it has haunted me ever since. I'm now a senior in college. I just recently read a song, The Hangman in Jean Ritchie's Singing Family of the Cumberlands, for my Folklore class that made me thing of the Hangman poem. I wondered if there was a connection between the two. If you find the auther of the poem would you please post it? I would be very greatful. If I find it before you I'll send it along. Thanks in advance. ^-^http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#141349Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:141349Anonymous47http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#141349http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-141349.xmlI am also looking for a copy of the poem. Like you we worked on the poem in High School - I remember the closing line coming from the Hangman 'I only did what you let me do'. It's over 30 years since High School but I loved the poem and the message it sent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#139085Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:139085Anonymous48http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#139085http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-139085.xmlIt is by Maurice Ogden. The is a 1963 animated film based on the poem as well called "The Hangman"http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#127290Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:31:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:127290khoff49http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThereWasThisPoem/xmqg/post.htm#127290http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments6-127290.xmlI was not familiar with this poem before, but after reading the version posted here I would disagree with your teacher's suggestion that it showed the mentaility of most Jewish people during WWII, who mostly kept their heads down and avoided trouble in the hopes that it'll just stop on it's own. I think it shows the mentality of the "regular" people, who did not protest as long as the victims were "others" - foreigners, Jews, etc. Another version of the same message is this quote, which I was more familiar with: "When they came for the gypsies, I did not speak, for I am not a gypsy. When they came for the Jews, I did not speak, because I wasn't a Jew. When they came for the Catholics, I did not speak, for I am not a Catholic....