The branches broke, a darkning tree,
Hangs on a rope, a dead man three.
Their carcus burnt, laid to flames.
Decapited heads, will to blame.
The pride of death, betrayed the vow.
The crying breath, eternally now.
Not a tear, or watered cry, came fom any passers by.
But hidden laughter, from their minds, nor a sigh to them remind.
For violence be atrocity, and death the souls reply.
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Very poetic. Any particular lynching in your mind when you pasted this here?
It was inspired by the lynch mob death of Mousalini in Italy in 1945, after WWII.
Billie Holiday's song strange fruit came to mind with the opening line of this poem. It is powerful and strongly worded in vivid terms of violence. It packs a strong message and is a fave
I based it off of Mousilini's lynch mob death in Italy in 1945 at the end of WWII.
Unfortunately there have been too many of these common pictures through history
well written and a definite like
No fav? I guess a like will do. Lol
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Well written.my friend
Thank you. Btw, i wanted to ask you a question Friendship. I have been independently writting for 3 years. Some of my poems are complete dribble, but i do have a few hundred really good quality poetic literature. Since you are such a great writter im assuming you have been published. I have a publishing company in the UK but they are threatening to void the contract. Unfortunatley i am a poor man with rich tastes. So i was wondering if u could recomend a publisher that would publish a book with 200 poems and 50 illustrations. They say poetry books dont sell but im pretty sure with the right publisher and the right marketing my better then average works will sell in certain international markets. 🙂
Lynchings do come around in vogue 🙏🏻🕊️
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