THE STOLEN GOODS

THE STOLEN GOODS

A Poem by EMMIE

Brown hands are red in the white sea 
Picking white things in the scorching yellow 
Tired drops of sweat fall from the bodies 

Skin deep beauty stolen from the Mother Land 
Forced to travel in hell on water 
Brought to the White Land to serve the superior 

Cry little girl don't you stop 
For your mami and daddy are rotting fruits on a tree 
Soon master will grab your brown neck with his white claws 

Billie Holiday sweetly sang in Strange Fruit: 
"Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh 
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh" 

The stolen goods 
Properties in a land where color is sin 
But now they are spirits and alive in death 
For in Heaven power voices sweetly sing: "FREEDOM AT LAST!

© 2015 EMMIE


Author's Note

EMMIE
Look up the song Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday on YouTube

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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.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Very powerful word choice that you used. Nicely done.

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

12 Years Ago

Thank you!
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!

xo E.L.

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

12 Years Ago

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 more
EMMIE

12 Years Ago

Thank you =)
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

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

12 Years Ago

Your view means much to me and I am glad you listened to the song, I think that not enough people ou.. read more
zainul

12 Years Ago

Thanks for the wonderful poem,awesome song and a great lesson.
Best wishes for all of your fam.. read more
EMMIE

12 Years Ago

Thank you!
this is a very powerful and well thought out piece I really enjoyed. Thankyou

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

12 Years Ago

Hey Just A person! Thank you much!
Quite a class act...

Posted 12 Years Ago


I cannot think of a more fitting compliment to Holiday's emotionally-charged sentiments.

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

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 more
kublakhan27

12 Years Ago

You're welcome...sometimes a singer's voice is all that's needed to realize they are truly bearing t.. read more
absolutely fantastic............

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

12 Years Ago

thank you dear
Powerful words about slavery and the despair of that time. Cool idea to incorporate the song:)

Posted 12 Years Ago


EMMIE

12 Years Ago

Thank youuuuuuu
The Analog Kid

12 Years Ago

anytime!

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Added on July 14, 2012
Last Updated on January 20, 2015
Tags: Stollen, force, slavery, beauty, life, motherhood, father, mother land, African Americans, slaves, racism, prejudice, white race, murder, fear, sad, God, Heaven, hell, faith


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