Strawberry Fields is More Than a Beatles’ Song
I cannot erase the image from my mind
of farmworkers running through the
strawberry fields trying to get away from ICE agents.
Strawberry fields is more than a Beatles’ song.
Men and women working long hours,
doing their job picking strawberries in the
California sun, lucious fruit for our just desserts.
Strawberry fields is more than a Beatles’ song.
They woke up early that morning to get to the
fields and meet their quota so that the rest of us
would be able to savor this delectable fruit.
Strawberry fields is more than a Beatles’ song.
Little did they know the day would end with a
run for their lives through the fields of their labor
as the juices ran like blood across the soles of shoes.
Strawberry fields is more than a Beatles’ song.
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Wow! So powerful! Crying in my coffee.
Thank you, Sylvia. I hope you were able to finish your coffee.
Great refrain, nice framing of the problem through concrete images.
Thank you so much.
Repetition can make a poem when it is used as you have…
Thank you for the validation. At first, I was not sure the refrain was too much. I appreciate this.
Great title leading to heartbreaking imagery ” farmworkers running through the
strawberry fields trying to get away from ICE agents
Thank you for the supportive comment.
Yes! This is powerful, especially the juice running like blood.
Thank you. I appreciate this.
This poem is perfect– in form and message. Thank you for writing it and for sharing it.
I appreciate your affirming comment, and pleased the message is understood.
The premise of the poem is unusual, unexpected and welcome.
Thank you so much.
Powerful, especially the image of “as the juices ran like blood across the soles of shoes.”
Thank you for your affirming comment.