Millard Lowe Poet Free verse

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WITH EYES STILL ON THE MARCHING PRIZE       

(APROPOS OF AN MLK DAY REFLECTION)

 

With eyes on the prize,

Let us climb freedom’s mountain:

Topping liberty:-

 

Be a Drum Major,

Leading liberty’s parade

Up the mountaintop:

Guiding marchers onward to

Freedom, justice, and equality:-

 

Don’t let anything

Try to deter the journey:

You’re not Sisyphus;

Just keep on climbing:-

 

God navigating,

Let’s march to reality;

Our dream coming true:-

And nobody can turn us back:

Our faith, drum majoring us:-

 

Given the Dream’s route,

Let’s move up the mountainside:

Topping injustice:-

 

Railroading onward,

Has been tracked by ancestors:

God navigating:-

 

Today’s oppression,

We shall also overcome:

Flushing bigotry:-

Let justice’s waters unclog

Today’s red-pooped injustice:-

 

Let’s flush it all down!

Including red-stained echoes

From loose bowel-mouths:-

 

WITH EYES STILL ON THE PRIZE: APROPOS OF AN MLK DAY REFLECTION

WITH EYES STILL ON THE MARCHING PRIZE        
(APROPOS OF AN MLK DAY REFLECTION)

With eyes on the prize,
Let us climb freedom’s mountain:
Topping liberty:-

Be a Drum Major,
Leading liberty’s parade
Up the mountaintop:
Guiding marchers onward to
Freedom, justice, and equality:-

Don’t let anything
Try to deter the journey:
You’re not Sisyphus;
Just keep on climbing:-

God navigating,
Let’s march to reality;
Our dream coming true:-
And nobody can turn us back:
Our faith, drum majoring us:-

Given the Dream’s route,
Let’s move up the mountainside:
Topping injustice:-

Railroading onward,
Has been tracked by ancestors:
God navigating:-

Today’s oppression,
We shall also overcome:
Flushing bigotry:-
Let justice’s waters unclog
Today’s red-pooped injustice:-

Let’s flush it all down!
Including red-stained echoes
From loose bowel-mouths:-

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Benjamin Bartley January 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM Well said. Celebrating our modern-day messiah, knowing He is standing next to Jesus! Thanks for sharing, especially with your heart. Millard Lowe January 24, 2026 at 11:42 AM To God be the glory, Benjamin. In the onderful oneness of onement, thanks. Have a blessed day. Peace and Love.