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Black: a Triumph Without Fear

BLACK: A TRIUMPH WITHOUT FEAR

Black is beautiful but being black: somewhat painful...
Teased and excluded by a state of mind from some fools
Tattered roads are the ways our forefathers trod
as before, skin color other than white isn't cool.

Black for some is a sewn gown that women adore
yet years ago black is the hue, some people deplore
for being black is a ladder near to slavery claws
though hearts- wells of white, still some abhors.

Cotton fields and tobacco leaves these where the work
though toiling good and crops aplenty, still no spark
instead, weeps and wails, the constant gleaming prize.
Black history is a staggering race to hit a mark.

Our forefathers one shout: "Let freedom ring"!
It is the longing ardor, we ever want to sing
Even if there are threats to push Black people down
still, we'll follow the fight of Martin Luther King

Black history is a legacy of winning without fear
a chronicle that ebb 'til today, it never disappears,
'cause racism a changeless present story of you and me,
all around the Earth, not dormant in the atmosphere
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Sponsor: Verlena S. Walker
Contest Name: Writings in a Black Perspective.
Placed 1st

© O. E. Guillermo
7:40 pm, March 16, 2015

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Line Gauthier Date: 2/6/2021 7:38:00 PM So glad to find this powerful tribute published in the 2020 PS Anthology ~ Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 8/5/2015 3:56:00 PM Good work for Verlena's contest..Way to go..Reads like a winner to me..Thanks for dropping by my page..I appreciate your encouragement..Sara Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 9/2/2015 8:49:00 AM thank you so much sara always.. =')!

Poet Destroyer A Date: 4/8/2015 1:30:00 PM Congratulations, on being a new Aunt, is it your first time.. If so you are going to love it... My daughter's only 9 and she is an aunt to both my grandkids.. :) Login to Reply

Poet Destroyer A Date: 4/2/2015 7:15:00 PM Hola Olive, I love being a granny... LINDA Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 4/7/2015 8:46:00 AM weeeeee my mama is a new Granny tooo.. :D! and am a new aunt.. :D!!! weee

Njeri Hunjeri Date: 3/29/2015 1:55:00 AM Congrats girl. You captured this so well. Love it!!! Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/29/2015 6:00:00 AM Thank you so much Njeri.. :) God bless you.. :)!

James Fraser Date: 3/24/2015 3:52:00 PM Mega congrats little one on your deserved win in Verlena's contest. I so LoVe seeing your poetry being well received and recognised, ((( hugs of many ))) from Dino James xxx Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/26/2015 5:55:00 AM mEGA thanks Dino James for your ever warm support on me.. :)! weee! hugs and hugs! olive eloisa xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 3/23/2015 5:57:00 AM - Dear Olive, congratulations on your 1st place win!!!! - A poem to be proud of !!!!! - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/26/2015 5:55:00 AM Thanks much ANne Lise.. :)! hugs back!

Ravi Sathasivam Date: 3/23/2015 4:22:00 AM Excellent. beautifully well said. Enjoyed reading it. Tks Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/26/2015 5:54:00 AM Thank you Ravi.. :)! I appreciate your drop by.. :)! GBU

Richard Lamoureux Date: 3/21/2015 7:42:00 AM I see why Verlena gave you the honor of first place. This is very moving. Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/22/2015 8:40:00 AM thanks much RIchard for the visit.. :)! GOd bless us all. :D!

Paul Callus Date: 3/21/2015 7:39:00 AM I love your title, Olive_eloi! Black is beautiful...yet painful...! One day Black will be totally free from prejudice! Congratulations on placing first in this inspiring contest. Hugs // paul Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/22/2015 8:39:00 AM Thanks much PAul.. :)! hugs and hugs.. :)! God bless you always.. :D!

Poet Destroyer A Date: 3/20/2015 6:02:00 PM hello Olive, Congratulations on your awesome win........ Luv ~LINDA~ Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/21/2015 2:29:00 AM Thanks much Lolly LInda for your awesome comment.. :)! God bless us all.. how is being a granny? :D

Bongani Zungu Date: 3/20/2015 5:23:00 PM WOW! well penned, I'm not saying this because I'm black but because you did an excellent job. Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/21/2015 2:28:00 AM Thanks much Bongani.. :) God bless us all.. :) I hope to inspire and let it be known that we should one way or another stop the racism history.

Verlena S. Walker Date: 3/19/2015 6:05:00 PM Olive Eloisa, Congratulations on your 1st place win! Verlena Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/20/2015 9:09:00 AM tHANks Verlena.. :)! Appreciate it.. :)!

Nette Onclaud Date: 3/19/2015 3:37:00 PM spot on and deeply scribed... ang husay naman.. when ka balik sa manila?.. won't be able to go to tugue... maybe soon?... hugs, eloi Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/20/2015 8:59:00 AM Mga April ako balik Nette.. :) weeee masmahusay ka kaya.. :) aha... no other plans aside from tugue? hugs. :)!

Kp Nunez Date: 3/18/2015 8:30:00 PM Wow! Black is beautiful...and so is your write, my dear kabayan! Yes! Blessings for the contest, Olive! Galing talaga ng Pinoy...hehe. Kim :) PS. You may want to check John Wulf's page for some laughs featuring beloved Manila...:) Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/20/2015 8:57:00 AM Thanks Kim. i laugh so much with John Wulf's. :) i like it.. weeeee! mabuhay ka din!! :D yey!

James Fraser Date: 3/18/2015 1:18:00 PM Racism, will it ever go away, sadly I doubt it because there will always be one idiot to raise it's ugly head. You've told this with truth and wisdom Olive. It's wonderfully written, and I love the title, hugs always//James :) :) Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/20/2015 8:51:00 AM Thanks James that is really sad that until this time there are such,, anyways, in case will be treated as like that let it be and just prove them wrong.. be kind as always. hugs too.. :)xxx

Abdelwaheb Dhaou Date: 3/18/2015 1:17:00 PM Well penned pieced launched with a vivid rage against injustice ! I have always had a weakness for committed writing; this one is a real marvel. Bravo Olive Eloisa ! Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/19/2015 9:43:00 AM Thanks much for dropping bby Abdelwahed b Dhaou... :)! I just tried to portray the sad truth of yesterday and still fresh as today~!

Maurice Yvonne Date: 3/18/2015 11:45:00 AM Beautifully written and expressed. Sad that in this day and age we are still dealing with racism. Well done, excellent! Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/18/2015 9:18:00 PM Indeed Maurice it's a sad truth that all of us one way or another we must deal.. :) Thanks much for dropping by and am so glad you are back again with us here. :)! God bless you always.. :)!

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 3/17/2015 11:46:00 AM Dear Eloise, this is such a compelling poem. We do admire the color black in clothing, but people of African ancestry have suffered far too many injustices, specially in the U.S. Just yesterday I saw a documentary on the singing group Peter, Paul and Mary. They actually received death threats for their support of Dr. King. A very touching poem, dear. Wishing you success in Verlena's contest! Love, Carolyn Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/17/2015 7:24:00 PM Indeed, Carolyn.. :) Last night before I pen this poem I refreshed my memory regarding the story.. It is sad and still at this modern times such still happens.. thank you for visiting my page.. :) God bless us always. :)!

Grace Mutindi Date: 3/17/2015 8:08:00 AM Very true Eloisa...black is beautiful, no one should be defined by the colour of their skin. Login to Reply Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 3/17/2015 7:20:00 PM Yes, Grace.. :) I experienced being teased with my skin color too and I know... Thanks for dropping by Grace.. :)