boitumelo Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 LET ME TAKE YOU BACK,ENVISION IN YOUR MIND.LONG AGO,SOUTHERN WOODS, IN THE DISTANCE,THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS,THEIR EVIL VOICES ECHOES..BY THE MOONLIGHT,UPON THE GROUND, A HANGED BLACK MAN'S SHADOW..DRUG GANGS,STREET GANGS, WOULD THEIR BLACK COMMUNITY VIOLENCE END/.IF THEY REALLY LOOKED AT PICTURES OF HANGED BLACK MEN/.THEY WOULD HANG ONE BLACK MAN, SOMETIMES TOGETHER 2 OR 3.NAKED BLACK MEN SWAYING BACK AND FORTH BY THE SOUTHERN NIGHT BREEZE.. STREET GANGS,.THEY COULD SPIRITUALLY TRAVEL BACK IN TIME UNDERSTANDING WHERE BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN..IF THEY REALLY LOOKED AT PICTURES OF HANGED BLACK MEN....SOME BLACK MEN WERE BURNED ALIVE BEFORE THEY WERE HUNG.CELEBRATING,NO DOUBT,SONGS BY THE DEVIL, WERE SUNG...WOULD STREET GANG VIOLENCE END, AND BLACK UNITY BEGIN/. IF THEY REALLY LOOKED AT PICTURES OF HANGED BLACK MEN... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Let Me Take You Back, Envision In Your Mind. Long Ago, Southern Woods, In The Distance, The Devil And His Demons, Their Evil Voices Echoes. By The Moonlight, Upon The Ground, A Hanged Black Man's Shadow.. Drug Gangs, Street Gangs, Would Their Black Community Violence End. If They Really Looked At Pictures Of Hanged Black Men. They Would Hang One Black Man, Sometimes Together 2 Or 3. Naked Black Men Swaying Back And Forth By The Southern Night Breeze.. Street Gangs, They Could Spiritually Travel Back In Time Understanding Where Black People Have Been.. If They Really Looked At Pictures Of Hanged Black Men.... Some Black Men Were Burned Alive Before They Were Hung. Celebrating, No Doubt, Songs By The Devil, Were Sung... Would Street Gang Violence End, And Black Unity Begin. If They Really Looked At Pictures Of Hanged Black Men... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Tamiko Hardy Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Interesting how you put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 wow. Boitumelo did u write this or this a re-print? I'm sharing this on fb and want to give proper credit to the author. I'll hunt around & see if I can find out. This is my first time reading it. Regardless, I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynique Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 This poem is reminiscent of the haunting ballad that Billie Holiday made famous. It was entitled "Strange Fruit"; an allegory for black men hanging from trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Boitumelo is somewhat of an enigma. As far as I know Writegirl Boitumelo does not reply to posts. I don't read the poet's board very much, but Cary once pointed out that there was something poetic about one of Boitumelo's contributions so I decided to check out this one out. I thought the piece was worth reading but I also know the all-caps-text-dense-single-paragraph-post that is Boitumelo's style would probably cause folks to ignore the writing altogether. So I decided to reformat the piece (so any formatting problems were caused by me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Troy I know what you mean...I wouldn't have read it had you not re-formatted it. The all caps hurts my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I used to ignore everything Boitumelo wrote, now I really appreciate the contributions :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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