Short Juneteenth Poems

Today's Juneteenth blessing comes from Ida B. Wells
and is meant to correct the lies being told about slavery
and all the ones who continue spawn them…

‘The way to right wrongs…she said 
is to turn the light of truth upon them

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June birds 
Umpteen wings
Notes from the blue
Endless flight
Tweeting palms
Equine response
Emerging windows
Nuclear sparks
Thermal flowers
Harvesting season

June 25, 2018
For Juneteenth Poetry Contest
Sponsored by : Edward Ibeh...

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JUNETEENTH

Jesus Christ is Lord
Unsurpassed 
Nazarene of all Nazarenes
Emmanuel - God with us
Teacher 
Exemplary in all ways
Emancipator of mankind
Neophyte recipient
Three in One 

21 June 2018
For the contest sponsored by Edward Ibeh...

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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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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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Jubilations! Acrostic joy!
Underestimated a poems ploy.
No doubt many poets enjoy.
Exciting this poetic toy.
Time to their brains employ.
Explaining, trying not to annoy.
Easy, an acrostic, a horse of Troy.
Numerous themes, don't be coy.
Themes so many, oh boy, oh boy.
Hope my choice you will enjoy!

Juneteenth Poetry Contest - Sponsored by Edward Ibeh

06/18/2018...

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Justice delayed from fringed time frazzled cry
Until the DREAM can heal itself and broken trust
Negroes shackled minds in the velvet shadows try
Evolving with a nation drunken in bloody lust
Trapped in tragedy of a blurred emancipation line
Edged to the margin of Reconstruction, it tells
Empty enactment lagging that Constitutional hell
Nattering historic lies, blood and tongue dispels
Truth against the moral lie, all brotherhood a shell
Heaven's rich cause stumble in raged hearts to fill....

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July Fourth, Independence Day in the 
United States of America, a
Nonracial celebration of
Emancipation of all Americans from the
Tyranny of
England and the beginning of freedom for
Enslaved people. June
Nineteenth celebrates the abolishment of 
The African-American slavery and beginning
History of the Civil Rights Movement.



July 14, 2018


Juneteenth Acrostic Contest by Edward Ibeh
Fourth Place...

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Just so you know, I will give you my summer
Until the leaves change, then I'll be gone
Nay, let us play, let us frolic and plunder
Every day together, until the last dawn
Twelve weeks for us to chase the sun, such
Escapades to seek, so many exploits to chart!
Expect all, until fall, then I won't have much
Not for the winter is my Peter Pan heart
Turning seasons so briefly offer its glory
Honor its abundance and restore its story.

6/18/18
Juneteenth contest sponsered by Edward Ibeh...

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