The Poetry Show: Celebrating Juneteenth, 2024

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Nikki Giovanni's "Rosa Parks" headlines this celebration of Juneteenth. Lucille Clifton, Margaret Walker, Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, Dudley Randall, and Langston Hughes. Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case This Episode Recorded June 19, 2024

won’t you celebrate with me

by Lucille Clifton

1936 - 2010

 

Won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.

 

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