SALT OF THE EARTH

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This is a poem that adorns my poetry collection SALT OF THE EARTH based on the heartwarming and socially conscious cinematic masterpiece MUDBOUND(2017) . It impacted me so much I decided to design a poetry collection around it on Wattpad, the worldwide community that I have been publishing my works on since 2015. This is the title poem that encapsulates MUDBOUND for me and I thought it was crucial I share this poem with you all on my blog that has now become my other sanctuary for creative expression.

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They saved prejudices in harvests of suffering here,
Till a flash brought all homeless
home.
Salt of the earth,
sour, dour, palmed by brown hands,
and sickels and grass carried in pickup trucks.

At the end of his patience,
that beautiful face cracked some more,
into chapped fragments of the South.
Boot ends stuck in patches of Mississippi codes and gnarled words.

The bluejay was hunted then
and southern winds, forceful, made her shed her covering.
For blue was the norm here.

The Post War Poem lifeless and written on rotting spines of field hands.

Blind were gazes counting a hundred year’s wages
and Mary cried,
for she was outstripped of her halo.

Friends, see them hammered by chisels of segregated homes
Faces, places become a collage of deeds undone and histories warped.
Till coloured pages are ridden of prejudice for two days at a time,
and rimmed glasses watch history cut in unfavorable shares,
in one fell swoop.

Go preach the gospel of mud
for in the element,
a storied life said hello
as Southern skies remained stoic grey
and grey persisted.

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As I went through a gallery of images from the movie, I designed each line of this poem around them. Hence, this is the final work.

**https://my.w.tt/gBQQUYHwjS – the following is the link to the whole poetry collection SALT OF THE EARTH. Do read it and share your thoughts. I have tried to funnel the same soulful rhythm of MUDBOUND through my artistic lens.

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I launch myself, with a searing, soaring passion for all domains verging on the writerly and creative with a beginner's appetite here and that's how I believe in adding meaning to each day. A lucky mascot of literature, cinema and culture, I come riding on spirited wings from the emblematic city of Lucknow where all those reside and thrive. My breeding ground and my mindscape all are committed to these three life forces. Cinema. Culture. Literature. But the biggest and all consuming parent to these is life that breeds them . There is the discovery that comes from expressing yourself, clear eyed and even mystical, when you come from a city like this. I am here to expand my worldviews, share my earliest inspirations and evolutions and go with the flow through the most accessible outlet there is : writing. Conventionally, my biography is that of a degree holder in English literature encompassing Undergraduate, Postgraduate and M Phil years and every possible experience of learning finer points of knowledge . I have already taken the plunge of creating a solid base for my works by publishing my poems and articles on the renowned worldwide community/ writing sanctuary Wattpad since 2015, a platform which is a miracle for anyone pursuing so much as a flash of wordplay and thoughts to spare. It has redefined my life and allows me to go strong. You can read my works there under the username MadMenWearingFedora / Prithvijeet. That is the springboard that catapulted me to a confident vocational revival. So here I am. Both originality and novelty are the key words to define this eternal student of life. So with the tip of the pen blessing my head and a new vigor, I welcome you all to my realm. AN AWADH BOY'S PANORAMA beckons.

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