Excellent a jazz singer for the people Song for Miss Billie Holiday by Carlos' girl Lantern poetry writing prompt entry Artwork by avmurray at FanArtReview.com

Trees' strange fruit Lady sing lead a jazz band swing Writing Prompt A five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one. Example by Crystal Rose swift wind blows threatening, a tornado grows Author Notes Miss Billie Holiday was a jazz great and a voice for the civil rights movement. Her song " Strange Fruit" was originally a poem about lynchings in the South; a very dark time in our nation's history. Let us honor her bravery.

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