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Premium Member To Which Image Should We Cling
...The only image we cling to Should be the one in the mirror. Of that I could not be surer. Your idols will let you down in the end. Jesus, Elvis, Lennon, and John Paul the Second, Even Ghandi, T......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, life,
Form: Rhyme



1960
... Johnny Cash gives it away for free, John K says he would like to be Prez. Richard Nixon will run against him, so the republican party says. Lamar Cox gets 44th KO, ‘The Stilt’ scores 58 in o......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Christianity
...My faith says I must take the Bible at face value, swallow it whole. 40 guys wrote it, not one woman in the bunch. So why must I take it as such? What happened to the Gospel of Mary? ......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, religion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Let's imagine
... Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming again Ho-hum, can we all pretend It's a deeply meaningful holiday not a quick winter weekend get-a-way So let's pretend, let's imagine we ......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, care, celebration, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Welcome January
... Janus god symbolizing beginnings and endings, grants wishes one may regret A full Wolf Moon peaks illumination the 25th, rising from the horizon at sunset New Year’s Day is c......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, celebration, january,
Form: Rhyme



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...Black lives matter. Me too. Not my president. Give peace a chance. Luck runs out. I like immigrants. Power must be challenged by power. Equal and opposite reactions. God is the answer. Love ......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, city, death, history, peace,
Form: Free verse
Who Am I
...I knew my ancestry and my dad was a joiner, But verged on disowning my mum for labour, Not married in history yet throbbing with spark, Love, truth, kindness fibered the gelled dark. A stunner......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, christian, death, emotions, history,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Mlk Day
...Part of the speech of Martin Luther King Bless Him for seeking God and better life Song by Blind Boys of Alabama I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its g......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, fate,
Form: Free verse
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 grand open......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Dreaming
...Dreaming By: Ricky Jones Dreaming is something everyone do, Develop a positive feeling inside and you will too. Having a dream doesn’t make it come true, But making a sacrifice and doing what......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, america,
Form: Rhyme
The Dream
...In 1963, Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. What he asked for should not have been a far reach. Dr. King was rather unique And boy did he like to speak He spoke on equality a......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, america, black love, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ode To a Day Long Forgotten
...Grasses on the hilltop bend though never break Willows by the river, they may sway and even shake Tears from my heart flowed freely from my eyes the day they shot Bobb......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, america, cry, death, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Black History
...It amazes me They say all men were created equally But that’s denied throughout history Theirs starts with constitutions revolutions and bravery They tell us ours is gangs chains and slavery It......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, africa, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rev Mlk Resync
..."power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is powe......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, caregiving, culture, earth, health,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Three Shootings
...Camelot slain with JFK Blood-stained guilt from MLK Hope left town when Bobby died ~ These shootings left us horrified......Read the rest...
Categories: mlk, america, cry, murder,
Form: Couplet

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