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Lyr Add: Hill of Little Shoes (Clive James)

Monologue John 27 Jan 25 - 12:59 PM
GerryM 27 Jan 25 - 09:08 PM
GUEST,Jerry 28 Jan 25 - 04:30 AM
GUEST,henryp 30 Jan 25 - 05:57 AM
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Subject: Lyr Add: Hill of Little Shoes
From: Monologue John
Date: 27 Jan 25 - 12:59 PM

Hill of Little Shoes by   Clive James

I live in the shadow of a hill
A hill of little shoes
I love but I shiver with a chill
A chill I never lose
I live, I love, but where are they?
Where are their lives, their loves? All blown away
And every little shoe is a foot that never grew
Another day

If you could find a pair and put them on the floor
Make a mark in the air like the marks beside your door
When you were growing
You’d see how tall they were

And the buckles and the laces they could do up on their own
Or almost could
With their tongue-tips barely showing
Tell you how small they were

And then you’d think of little faces looking fearfully alone
And how they stood
In their bare feet being tall for the last time
Just to be good
And that was all they were

They were like you in the same year but you grew up
They were barely even here before they suddenly weren’t there
And while you got dressed for bed they did the same but they were led
Into another room instead
And they were all blown away into thin air

?I live in the shadow of a hill
A hill of little shoes
I love but I shiver with a chill
A chill I never lose
And I caught that cold when I was chosen to grow old
In the shadow of a hill of little shoes


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hill of Little Shoes (Clive James)
From: GerryM
Date: 27 Jan 25 - 09:08 PM

https://www.facebook.com/MonologueJohnBartley/videos/hill-of-little-shoes-written-by-clive-james-in-remembrance/1087319815456236


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hill of Little Shoes (Clive James)
From: GUEST,Jerry
Date: 28 Jan 25 - 04:30 AM

I assume this relates to a pile of shoes found in woods near one of the WW2 extermination camps, being all that remains of some young and innocent lives.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hill of Little Shoes (Clive James)
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 30 Jan 25 - 05:57 AM

It's a lovely song, but I can't bear to listen to it.

I think of my friend Frank Bright who was a survivor of Auschwitz. In his retirement, he was finally able to talk about his experiences. He gave talks to school children, and was awarded the MBE. He just wanted to take his place in English society, and this honour confirmed that he had succeeded.

He died 18 months ago at the age of 93. He had two daughters but no grand children, so there is no one to continue his line. He chose to be cremated without any ceremony, just as his mother was at Auschwitz.


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