Juneteenth Poems - Poems about Juneteenth

Art and Prose of Freedom In the realm of art and prose, we find freedom's grace, Unshackled voices, boundless space to embrace. Words dance like wildflowers in fields untamed, Creativity's fire is forever unclaimed. No rules to bind, no limits to confine, In this realm, our spirits intertwine. Colors blend, emotions soar high, In this sanctuary where dreams can fly. Let the ink flow,...

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Joyful celebrations are held in the United States on the Nineteenth of June. Thousands participate Every year. Why? In Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, by Executive order, ALL still- Enslaved African-Americans were FREE. Now, in nearly all states and D.C., festivals Take place. Juneteenth should be a Happy occasion for ALL U.S. citizens. ...

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A JUNETEENTH PRAYER Closing our eyes is easy…it’s probably the best way to think, to hope, to dream…to make a wish…to kiss…to pray. The quiet darkness behind our eyes is where we start to heed the teachings of our soul and listen to our heart. When we close our eyes this Juneteenth I pray when we open them we’ll listen as...

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Closing our eyes is easy…it’s probably the most excellent way to think, to hope, to dream…to make a wish…to kiss…to pray. In the quiet darkness behind our eyes is where people start to heed the teachings of their soul and listen to their heart. When we close our eyes this Juneteenth let’s listen as our heart tells us something we’ve...

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America is beautiful, great and wonderful Eadem opera, she is ugly, pitiful and dreadful In regards to the mistreatments of the Native Americans The African Americans and other minorities Yet, America is one of the best countries In the world to be part of or to become citizens Slavery remains an everlasting thorn in her history Discrimination is an insecere cancer which...

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I never heard or read that Texas slaves were captive still, by masters so depraved, till June nineteenth of eighteen sixty-five, when news of freedom reached those still alive. No passage of my school books ever claimed there even was a day with such a name. At forty-five, I had the chance to learn, amid the news of riots, tear gas burns of...

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Juneteenth On this day in 1865 was the day That the slaves were freed It was out to an end And our lives sort of Started to begin Begin to make sense We became more Than just workers We became nutururers To our own No longer had to feel owned Or to be told what to...

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It was a normal Day for me when I awoke, tend Massa' children cook breakfast and clean up and such. But I wasn't feeling the same. Something was different. I couldn't put a name to it, but it was different. I could not keep my feet on the ground. I was flying. And then it...

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"AFRICAN AMERICANS CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH" Juneteenth, Juneteenth, Juneteenth What does it really mean? Slavery ending news, delivered two years late 155 years to date, black people still have to wait African American celebration of freed slaves Home of the free and land of the brave We've suffered such brutality Equal rights, still not a reality From whence we came, some improvement That has produced the least...

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Juneteenth Juneteenth let's go down history For years it was a mystery Slavery had parted Let's find out where it started June 19,1865 Slavery had no longer been deprived We had been freed From picking cotton Being forgotten Whipped by many Not only physical But mentally Told us all we couldn't be Two years went by That we...

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The Present Juneteenth & The 4th... Beginning with the celebration Of our Juneteenth, We prepare a new perspective For the 4th of July:- Though this nation now stands stalled On the brink, That she is also our nation too, there Can be no lie! What a uniqueness her oppressed people Now share? Two juxtapose emancipation celebrations Back-to-back Going from these times, only the future knows To where:- Oh...

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Woke up this morning with freedom on my mind. I’m perpendicular to the blessed ground, well and alive— It’s Juneteenth and it’s break-out celebration time— It’s going to be a beautiful day God has allowed me to survive. Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve always celebrated Juneteenth day— From the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, to the Caribbean, I would go; From Freeport to Houston, to LA,...

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That day when legal slavery ended A brief moment when justice seemed palpable marked only the first chapter of caped cross burners and rageful lynch mobs marked only the beginning of white terror against black dignity Equal justice under law That day when the sky opened A brief glimmer when freedom seemed possible stained only by the blood of generations oppressed bruised only by...

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JUNTEENTH ANTHEM Justice without prejudice we pray, Unsung heroes paved the way. No cross, no crown, cries sing from the ground, We can still hear them singing now today. Every trail of blood that made our history, Today bookmarks the end of their misery, No pain, no pride, our scars can’t hide, Our song a forever symphony....

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Jubilant celebrations ring out all over the United States of America each year on the Nineteenth of June, to be exact; commemorating the Emancipation proclamation. What a happy day it is, and...

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