Best Jamestown Poems
The Unheard Voices In JamestownVacationing in Virginia,
The beginning of history,
Started in Jamestown when,
America was young.
Taking a walking tour,
Noticing things out of the ordinary.
I'm wondering do they see it,
The same things I do.
A question is asked about,
The slave quarters?
I answer the question by saying,
They're behind the church.
The tour guide is...
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Categories:
jamestown, america, celebration, courage, culture,
Form:
Free verse
Jamestown 1607=they Ate Their Horses, Dogs, Cats and RatsJAMESTOWN
1607
Four hundred years ago high-born Brits sailed to America
Seeking fast fortunes, adventure and fame.
Many would never endure their first year here
Cultivating, foraging, and hunting game.
Arriving in Virginia they came ill-prepared
In search of gold and a route to the South Seas
What they found were hostile...
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Categories:
jamestown, adventure, death, faith, history,
Form:
ABC
Remembering Four Centuries of Africans In AmericaFields where the bondman’s toil
No more shall trench the soil,
Seem now to bask in a serener day;
The meadow-birds sing sweeter, and the airs
Of heaven with more caressing softness play,
Welcoming man to liberty like theirs.
A glory clothes the land from sea to sea,
For the great...
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Categories:
jamestown, anniversary, celebration, history, racism,
Form:
Rhyme