Post by Angela on Jun 24, 2009 1:45:15 GMT -5
One of the most infamous and chilling crimes ever committed in North Carolina was the Black Widow Murders. Her name was Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore . She killed her father, two of her husbands, her mother and father-in-laws and attempted to kill another husband but he survived....barely. She spoon fed them arsenic and believe me you their deaths were horrible. They suffered horrendous pain. I personally knew Blanch Moore and her sisters and brother and Matt and I attended her trial every single day. We were seated on the third row directly behind Blanche when the judge formally sentenced her to death. She did not flinch or show any other emotion when he pronounced her death sentence. That was 20 years ago and she is still on death row. Sis years ago I wrote this poem about her. It's titled WOMAN ON DEATH ROW.
WOMAN ON DEATH ROW
WHEN YOU THINK OF YOUR SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS
LATE AT NIGHT IN YOUR CELL DO YOU CRY?
WHEN YOU WAKE UP EACH MORNING ON DEATH ROW
DO THE PEOPLE YOU KILLED ASK YOU WHY?
DOES THE MEM'RY OF FREEDOM NOW HAUNT YOU...
DO YOU REALIZE ALL THAT YOU'VE LOST?
WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISIONS YOU MADE THEN
DID YOU EVER CONSIDER THE COST?
WHEN THE BARS ON THE WINDOWS PREVENT YOU
FROM FEELING THE SUN ON YOUR FACE,
WHEN YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE HANDS OF YOUR LOVED ONES
WHEN THEY VISIT YOU THERE IN THAT PLACE,
WHEN YOUR NAME WAS REPLACED WITH A NUMBER
AND A DATE FOR YOUR OWN DEATH WAS SET,
WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISIONS YOU MADE THEN,
IS THIS NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET?
DO YOU WISH YOU COULD START YOUR LIFE OVER?
DO YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN?
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LIVES YOU HAVE SHATTERED
INCLUDING YOUR OWN...DO YOU MOURN?
DO YOU PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF YOUR VICTIMS?
DO YOU SAY YOU ARE INNOCENT STILL?
WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISIONS YOU MADE THEN
YOU CARED NOT FOR WHAT OTHERS WOULD FEEL.
YOU CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOUR VICTIMS
YOU CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOUR GOD,
YOU CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOUR OWN SELF
AS LONG AS THE PATH THAT YOU TROD...
IS PAVED WITH DECIET AND DENIAL,
WITH SMILES THAT CONFUSE AND CONCEAL...
BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT RIGHT BY CONFESSING
TO THE TRUTHS THAT YOU KNOW TO BE REAL.
©MARIA CHRISTINA HODGES
For anyone who might wish to write Blanche Taylor Moore on death row at Women's prison in Raleigh her address is:
Blanche Moore 0288088
1034 Bragg Street
Raleigh, NC 27610
Here are sone links where you can read about her and see her photo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Taylor_Moore
www.hbo.com/autopsy/episode/episode_3_the_black_widow.html
lifeontherow.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wodr&action=display&thread=438
WOMAN ON DEATH ROW
WHEN YOU THINK OF YOUR SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS
LATE AT NIGHT IN YOUR CELL DO YOU CRY?
WHEN YOU WAKE UP EACH MORNING ON DEATH ROW
DO THE PEOPLE YOU KILLED ASK YOU WHY?
DOES THE MEM'RY OF FREEDOM NOW HAUNT YOU...
DO YOU REALIZE ALL THAT YOU'VE LOST?
WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISIONS YOU MADE THEN
DID YOU EVER CONSIDER THE COST?
WHEN THE BARS ON THE WINDOWS PREVENT YOU
FROM FEELING THE SUN ON YOUR FACE,
WHEN YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE HANDS OF YOUR LOVED ONES
WHEN THEY VISIT YOU THERE IN THAT PLACE,
WHEN YOUR NAME WAS REPLACED WITH A NUMBER
AND A DATE FOR YOUR OWN DEATH WAS SET,
WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISIONS YOU MADE THEN,
IS THIS NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET?
DO YOU WISH YOU COULD START YOUR LIFE OVER?
DO YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN?
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LIVES YOU HAVE SHATTERED
INCLUDING YOUR OWN...DO YOU MOURN?
DO YOU PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF YOUR VICTIMS?
DO YOU SAY YOU ARE INNOCENT STILL?
WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISIONS YOU MADE THEN
YOU CARED NOT FOR WHAT OTHERS WOULD FEEL.
YOU CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOUR VICTIMS
YOU CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOUR GOD,
YOU CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT WITH YOUR OWN SELF
AS LONG AS THE PATH THAT YOU TROD...
IS PAVED WITH DECIET AND DENIAL,
WITH SMILES THAT CONFUSE AND CONCEAL...
BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT RIGHT BY CONFESSING
TO THE TRUTHS THAT YOU KNOW TO BE REAL.
©MARIA CHRISTINA HODGES
For anyone who might wish to write Blanche Taylor Moore on death row at Women's prison in Raleigh her address is:
Blanche Moore 0288088
1034 Bragg Street
Raleigh, NC 27610
Here are sone links where you can read about her and see her photo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Taylor_Moore
www.hbo.com/autopsy/episode/episode_3_the_black_widow.html
lifeontherow.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wodr&action=display&thread=438