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June, 2003 This
Issue Is In Honor of Black Kings & Our Juneteenth
Celebration!
HAPPY
JUNETEENTH!
Remember to
celebrate the Independence of African and Native
American Slaves in America during Juneteenth. Teach
children why it's important to celebrate Juneteenth and
tell them the truth about the 4th of July--the White
Man's Independence Day from the British. Remember when
the American Revolution was taking place, blacks in
America were still slaves.
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HOLIDAY!
Juneteenth.com and
Juneteenth.us
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Beachhead Preachment
by Ahmos Zu-Bolton II
from
this beach i want to make a poem
into a stage
presence
with some sex in
it,
with some oo-we-baby
and trembling thighs,
with some tongue
dancing in & out,
with some oo-la-la
in it.
from this beach
a nightfall of
orgasms my audience
gives back to
me,
a nightful of
orgasms my audience
gives back to
me,
a nighful of
putting our hands and hearts together,
a nightful of
surf giving me some head,
as my short leg
strokes the gypsy waves
and i move thru
a forest of desire
i want to leave
my sperm-seed radioactive
as i work some
music thru a people
like uranium,
as my calypso
testifies
and my zydeco
shouts rock and roll bump
to the rhythm of
the sea
i would be
preacherman hallelujah lover
challenging the
seaweed wig that life wears
between her
bowed legs,
i would be a hot
sunday afternoon healer
jazzing sho nuf
gospel blues
from this
beachhead
(i want to raise
the lawd
with their nude
music)
from this beach
let my voice be
an echo lubricating the horizon,
let seagulls
know my poem
that they might
carry the word
in the sails
of their wings.
Source:
Open Places, No.29 (Spring 1980)
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Beautiful Black Man
by
AQUEENPASSING
Beautiful black
man standing tall and proud
I honor you for your struggles and pain for
your lost
and opportunities seldom gained from the
arch of your
back that your strength does reign from all
the
pressure you carry transgressions without a
name.
My beautiful black man can I touch your
face? arched
with structure curved perfect with grace. I
honor you
for all you have endured the letdowns,
putdowns and
then there's the shame, while those who
suppress you
still don't know your name.
I watched you fall, your head hung low not
knowing
for tomorrow which way you would go,
clinched fist
reaching up from the ground, they tried so
hard to
keep you shackled and down. I saw you plant
your
feet back on solid ground you once were lost
but now
you're found, raise your head up high look
to the sky
let life be your reasons why.
Beautiful black man I honor you not just
because of
where you've been but because of the hidden
beauty that
lies within.
Copyright 2003 AQueenPassing. All rights
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