Simone Fruittree bears ‘Pon Yuh Mind’ single

Neo dub poet Simone Fruittree knows only too well that rebirth and transformation are often wrought through pain and trauma.

The poet, whose real name is Simone Dewar, recalled that her own reinvention was engineered through a painful 72-hour binge of self-reflections few years ago.

“The word Fruittree came to me plain as day after about three days of deep self-reflection and questions. I was unhappy with my life and the repetitive cycle of getting up, clocking into a job or jobs that I hated,” she explained.

However, it wasn’t the jobs, she soon discovered, the misery lay within.

“One day, I went home and turned off all the lights, my phone, and all electronics. I sat, I stood, I took baths in complete silence, and consciously breathed while asking myself: What is my purpose? What am I here to do i n this physical realm?”she asked.

Those were the quintessential existential questions that have befuddled humans for centuries, and it moved her into action. And voilà! ...her ‘Fruittree’ alter ego was born.

Within three days, she felt compelled to pick up a pen, triggering a hurricane of words she recorded in her notebooks.

“I’ve never done before. In that process, I knew that I was going to be known as Fruittree, that my tagline would be: “Fruittree forever blessed! I can give you fruits, but you have to do the rest,” she recited happily.

A former legal manager, Dewar walked away from her chosen vocation to pursue her art, and she has no regrets.

“Me identifying myself as a Fruittree is a daily experience that feels divine, because I could only connect to my root, my truth, my fruits by going within myself. There was nothing outside for me to obsess over, as my real treasures came from me connecting to my higher self,” Dewar shared.

Dewar is promoting her latest single, Pon Yuh Mind, which was released on digital download platforms on July 11. The track is produced by her own label, Push A Yute Inc., in collaboration with Natural High.

“ Pon Yuh Mind with the world is a reflection of my passion for dub poetry and my commitment to creating music that inspires and uplifts,” she said.

With the release of her new track, Simone Fruittree is poised to solidify her position as a leading voice in the dub poetry scene where she is known for other singles such as Lessons, Black and Naked, Online Love, Coming, Adam and Eve and Leader.

These songs will be part of an EP called Collections which will be released later this year.

Dewar, who has released four books — Fruits and Truth, two children’s books, plus a novel titled Carry Her Burdens — is planning to do a promotional tour of Europe this summer.