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Best Martin Luther King Day Poems

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Martin Luther King Day
MLK day on every third Monday of January
Remember his sermons daily though you celebrate him annually
Before that balcony where the bullet sent his blood flowing...

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Categories: martin luther king day, gospel, humanity, integrity, rights,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Grand Opening On Mlk Day
St. Milt’s Grand Opening today
Come and celebrate with us
On Martin Luther King Day
Worldwide choirs and gospel music
Singing MLK’s best loved hymns
Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simon 
It’s...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: martin luther king day, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Special Days
Special Days
Written: by Tom Wright
4/13/2006

It seems that for almost everything
We’ve set aside a special day.
We recognize others for their work 
And sometimes for their play;

There’s...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: martin luther king day, day, humor, satire, new
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Martin Luther King Junior
Doctor Martin Luther King Junior
a black man from Atlanta, Georgia.
An activist and visionary 
he spoke against racial injustice.

This Nobel Prize-winning man of peace
preached tolerance and...

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Categories: martin luther king day, america, character, courage, destiny,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Yard Sale
Another holiday has come to pass and I am no prouder to be an American than when it started.

What are these holidays for I ask...

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Categories: martin luther king day, holiday, presidents day, labor
Form: Prose



Premium Member A Poetic Litany of Poems Celebrating Mlk Day
The Man…The Spirit

His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.

HIM

Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:- 
Martin Luther King.


THE...

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Categories: martin luther king day, black african american, high
Form: Alliteration
Appears So Much Strain
Appears So Much Strain

Sometimes appears so much strain,
And find it hard to fight off the pain;
According to wife's latest directive,
Wants me to become more selective.

Did...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: martin luther king day, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things