Thanks, I will explore that tomorrow. I saw that you restacked my comment, and I appreciate it, but to make it more clear I shared it again, as the text was all jammed together. I hope people will see this!
This is a very powerful poem. As David mentioned above, I could feel Meeropal’s words and Holiday’s haunting, yet defiant words. Thank you for this absolute treasure. ❤️
I appreciate the references to Meeropol and Billie Holiday/Strange Fruit. Here for everyone is a link to dive further:
https://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/158933012/the-strange-story-of-the-man-behind-strange-fruit
Thanks, I will explore that tomorrow. I saw that you restacked my comment, and I appreciate it, but to make it more clear I shared it again, as the text was all jammed together. I hope people will see this!
"Southern trees bear a strange fruit/blood on the leaves, and blood at the roots..."
That’s where I went, David.
This is a very powerful poem. As David mentioned above, I could feel Meeropal’s words and Holiday’s haunting, yet defiant words. Thank you for this absolute treasure. ❤️