MUSE POETRY REVIEWS: ANTWONE FISHER’S WHO WILL CRY FOR THE LITTLE BOY

WHO WILL CRY FOR THE LITTLE BOY

AUTHOR:

ANTWONE FISHER

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

BORN IN CLEVELAND OHIO HE IS A POET, AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER AND FILM PRODUCER. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINDING FISH. HE ALSO TURNED THAT BOOK INTO A SCREENPLAY WHICH BECAME THE FILM ANTWONE FISHER WHICH IS BASED ON HIS LIFE AND IT WAS DIRECTED BY DENZEL WASHINGTON.

MY REVIEW AND THOUGHTS:

LOOKING BEYOND THIS BOOK I WANT TO SAY FISHER IS A STRONG AND AN AMAZING PERSON. HE SURVIVED PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. I BEING A SURVIVOR OF RAPE AS A CHILD CAN RELATE TO THE HORRORS HE WENT THROUGH AND I THINK THAT ADDS TO THE APPEAL OF HIS CAREER, STEPPING FORWARD OUT OF THE DARKNESS BEING ABLE TO WRITE AND EXPRESS HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST.

THIS BOOK SHOWCASES THE BEAUTY OF HIS POETRY FROM LOVE POEMS TO HORROR POEMS. THE READER CAN UNDERSTAND EACH POEM BECAUSE THEY ARE WRITTEN IN AWAY THAT NOTHING GETS IN THE WAY FOR THE READER. THIS IS A VERY QUICK READ AND A VERY INTERESTING READ IN MY VIEW BECAUSE SOME OF THE POEMS STICK OUT AND WILL REMAIN WITH ME.

THE POEM I WANT TO SHOWCASE IS:

TO LaNETTE

My mind paints a portrait of a beautiful love affair.

And in this beautiful portrait, you and I are there.

On this imaginary canvas, which I will call my mind,

I paint you dozens of tulips, because they're quite

your kind, I must have painted you with me, more

than one hundred times. I love you more than life

itself, on this canvas called my mind.
I paint us living happily, in a world without a sin.

I paint us sharing love, on an eve that has no end.

I also paint you smiling, it's never hard to do, when

you seem to want to smile whenever I'm with you.
I've painted one thousand wishes, and close to

one million dreams; with the magic thoughts

I use dreams come true it seems. I paint us riding

horseback through fields of amber leaves. I paint

I love you madly, on weeping willow trees.
I paint a wedding portrait for envious eyes to see,

so they will know as our portrait shows, your love

belongs to me. I paint a happy forever, on this

canvas called my mind, of a giving love affair, which

will outlast the end of time.

I ENJOYED THIS BOOK, DO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING AMAZING THAT WILL STAND OUT THE TEST OF TIME, TIME WILL TELL. I DO FEEL AT LEAST A HAND FULL OF THE POEMS ARE AMAZING AND ARE NOTE WORTHY TO MENTION. SOME OF THE POEMS ARE YOUR BASIC STYLE OF PICKING A PEN UP AND RHYMING LIKE MOST PEOPLE CAN. I DON'T WANT THAT TO SOUND BITTER TOWARD THIS BOOK BECAUSE TO ME THIS IS STILL A GREAT READ TO LISTEN TO FISHERS WORDS FLOW AND TELL A STORY OF LOVE, DARKNESS AND COMEDY. ONE THING I LOVE IS FISHERS WRITTEN WORDS IN THE FOREWORD:

"I have written poetry for years. No one ever told me to do it; I just did, and I find that writing poetry allows me to be whatever I want to be. Even when I had never been in love, I could write about what I hoped it would be once I found a love of my own. If I felt alone in the world, as I often did, I could write about how I had to be there for myself, because at the time the reality was that I was all I had. What poetry gives me is truth. My poems usually not what I hope to convey to others, but rather, they are my way of speaking to myself. The words are my cadence combined with my spirit."

I COULD NOT HAVE SAID THAT ANY BETTER, THAT TO ME SHOULD TELL YOU WHAT AN AMAZING PERSON FISHER IS. HIS POEMS ARE FUN, SAD, ROMANTIC AND IN AN EVERYDAY SENSE PERFECT. I PERSONALLY WILL REMEMBER THIS BOOK.

MY RATING:

3.5 OUT 0F 5