Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Tree With Many Branches And Many Different Fruits Comments

Rating: 4.3

Cry, and thousands we cry
A million, heckled and shackled, we cry
On this river of tears, we cry
Suppressed and oppressed we cry
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Jenny Gordon 17 February 2011

Wow. Very fascinating, intriguing, and indeed, thought-provoking! What an ode to Africa, what a tribute to her tragic history with bright hopefulness for a better future! I much appreciated this sketch of her, ....poor, downtrodden, crushed, abused, raped, and spoiled. And yet you dare not conclude there, but eagerly dream of a better day....if only. The fascination of your depiction is that it is seemingly a familiar perspective...a tree which the birds lodge in, from various parables in the Bible. I quite enjoyed this.

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Jenny Gordon 16 February 2011

Wow. Very fascinating, intriguing, and indeed, thought-provoking! What an ode to Africa, what a tribute to her tragic history with bright hopefulness for a better future! I much appreciated this sketch of her, ....poor, downtrodden, crushed, abused, raped, and spoiled. And yet you dare not conclude there, but eagerly dream of a better day....if only. The fascination of your depiction is that it is seemingly a familiar perspective...a tree which the birds lodge in, from various parables in the Bible. I quite enjoyed this.

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Linda Winchell 16 February 2011

Very sad, yet well written poem. God bless

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