Comments on: Tree of Life https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/03/tree-of-life/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/03/tree-of-life/#comment-10068 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:51:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3904#comment-10068 Joan – Yes, that song is never far from one’s mind when thinking about men dangling from trees. I didn’t reference it here simply because I thought the milieux were too dissimilar (though the greatest wave of lynchings did come after Black veterans returned from WWI). But it did force me to think of another image than fruit.

Hi matt – Glad you liked. Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: matt at shadow of iris https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/03/tree-of-life/#comment-10067 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:47:21 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3904#comment-10067 This is very beautiful. Thank you.

]]> By: Joan https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/03/tree-of-life/#comment-10066 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:55:03 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3904#comment-10066 This is a really touching poem along with it’s really unique photo of Hun in a tree. His interpretation of his surroundings…. The leaves as villagers waving.
“I would be an epiphyte now ” He is morphing as he dies.
I’m reminded of that anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” an entirely different interpretation of men in trees.

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