USPS Stamps Poetry Contest

To have your picture on the face of a stamp,
Is a honor reserved for the ones who cultivated change
Among the mèlange of inspiring faces,
Lays the face of someone who served on the basis,
Of freedom

Behind a small black and white picture,
A mighty face lays
With eyes of a fighter,
eloquent hair, neatly parted
The words, 
Black white
Trust danger
Defiance hope
All line the bottom
Words of hope, words of courage

That picture is of a strong willed soul
Oh what a wonderful life, one bloke stole
Late at night, she deployed her clandestine runaway
With peers, she warily walked, not knowing where she was destined

Little did she know,
She would make this trip many times again, not knowing what each bestowed
Harsh winter nights, where the breeze grew as cold as coal,
She walked, walked and walked
Till’ days grew into the lines of a bole

She is a freedom fighter
She is a activist 
She is a mother
She is a motivator
She is Harriet Tubman

Usps Stamps Poetry Contest - 07/04/25
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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