MAN OH LIVE...ALIVE...
AT TWENTY-FIVE!
THE BLACK SUCCESS
OF CHERRY STREET,
THE FACTS OF THE NORTHWEST
SEATTLE STREETS ITS BEAT.
HOW MANY SACRIFCIES
DID IT TAKE
FOR THE NEWSPAPER...THE FACTS...TO MAKE.
ALL THE STORMS
MR.BEAVER'S SHIP BEEN THROUGH...AND
TO THINK HE LAUNCHED IT ALL
WITH A DREAM AND HIS VIEW.
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
SUPPORTER OF THE CHURCH...
THE FACTS NOW REFLECT
THEIR EFFORS AND THIER WORTH.
WORDS AND PICTURES
CAPTURED IN PAGES
HOLD TIMELESS TREASURES
FOR FUTURE AGES...
THERE IS SO MUCH
THAT ONE COULD SAY,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY LOOK
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS DAY BY DAY
NO MATTER
WHAT PRAISES
NO MATTER
WHAT JIVE
THE FACTS IS ESTABLISHED
THE FACTS DID SURVIVE...AND
BELEIVE IT OR NOT
MAN OH LIVE...ALIVE...AT
TWENTY FIVE!
The author of this poem is Harold Murphy. The poem commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of the Fact Newspaper. The Facts Newspaper is part of Black History and the Unbroken Chain of black poetry.
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