I sometimes feel a bit like this >> For your mami and daddy are rotting fruits on a tree
I think of my kids and feel myself receding from the fore of life as they grow more vigorous. But this is as it should be.
I have always liked Billie Holiday.. I heard "Strange Fruit" years ago.. She was quite a woman..
Posted 12 Years Ago
Beautiful, and inspirational, perfect metaphors of transience here.
It is all that is strange that attracts us isn't it?
I really loved this piece, Em!
Thank you much dear :D your reviews are always so honest and sweet
12 Years Ago
You're so welcome. :) dear poetess, I love your work, and background work, in it. It says much about.. read moreYou're so welcome. :) dear poetess, I love your work, and background work, in it. It says much about you, as a person! a wonderful person!
Dear Emmie,
I adore you for recreating gruesome scene of the merciless torture on human being based on the famous song Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday .
Such crimes have not stopped yet.Hence the utility of this song exists till today.
Your poem is a superb write.It is inspired by the song,yet very original in its presentation.
Congratulations!!!
Best regards,
Zainul
Your view means much to me and I am glad you listened to the song, I think that not enough people ou.. read moreYour view means much to me and I am glad you listened to the song, I think that not enough people out there know about it. It's not for everybody, not all people can take or bare to listen to the sadness and creepy feeling it creates. But history is in that song! Thanks again!
12 Years Ago
Thanks for the wonderful poem,awesome song and a great lesson.
Best wishes for all of your fam.. read moreThanks for the wonderful poem,awesome song and a great lesson.
Best wishes for all of your families and friends.
I cannot think of a more fitting compliment to Holiday's emotionally-charged sentiments.
Posted 12 Years Ago
12 Years Ago
Thanks. That song gives me the creepiest feeling ever and it's has so few words, yet it is so deep... read moreThanks. That song gives me the creepiest feeling ever and it's has so few words, yet it is so deep. Billie is my favorite jazz singer of all time
12 Years Ago
You're welcome...sometimes a singer's voice is all that's needed to realize they are truly bearing t.. read moreYou're welcome...sometimes a singer's voice is all that's needed to realize they are truly bearing their heart and soul, even before the words fully sink in...and her own story was the saddest and most haunting of all.