Revered Poems - Poems about Revered

The revered Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Born January fifteenth nineteen twenty nine if still alive seven years shy attaining age of centenarian father of civil rights movement, the revered Martin Luther King Junior honored as benevolent demigod figure to the oppressed African American population without whose bold risks and subsequent brutal assassination April fourth ninety sixty eight at the hands of a crazed...

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Born five score minus seven years ago minus attaining age of centenarian father of civil rights movement, the revered Martin Luther King Junior honored as benevolent demigod figure to the oppressed African American population without whose bold risks and subsequent brutal assassination April fourth ninety sixty eight at the hands of a crazed gunman (James Earl Ray), whereby all the King's men and all the...

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(at risk of life and limb) against scourge of racial prejudice courtesy of sharecropper grandparents whose objection to racial segregation based on an affront to the will of God, whereby the young whip smart precocious lad, (whose impact we now memorialize) showed his true colorful promise when a young student at Liberal Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania where the yet uncrowned eminent king came under the...

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acorn faerie flirting with the browns and reds of autumn oak trees appreciate her lightness recognizing a kindred spirit allowing her freedoms they rarely give to brownies or elves...

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~ Back Then ~ One, a Cabinet Officer the other, a Veep disagreed about policy their feelings ran deep They'd end their discord by means of a duel Burr and Hamilton brave pair of fools... ~ Now ~ Trump's 'Lock her up' Dems' 'Kick Jim...

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Five score minus eight years ago January eighteenth two thousand twenty one father of civil rights movement the revered Martin Luther King Junior honored as benevolent demigod figure to the oppressed African American population without whose bold risks and subsequent brutal assassination April fourth ninety sixty eight at the hands of a crazed gunman (James Earl Ray), whereby all the King's men and all the King's...

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planting the seeds of ardent activism that gave rise to The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an initial platform allowing, enabling and providing acclaim hoisted up by petard invariably only heightened (his) posthumous status as thee most articulate orator spelling binding the listeners with his metaphors about his emphatic march to a promised land where all men/women could be brothers/sisters and no person will be judged by the color of...

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The Revered Female Female Muslims, supressed they say. Thoughts and voices kept at bay. Born to breed, must take heed. Brains in chains, master reigns. Wives and mothers, fit for purpose. Conceal their strength, limit their wealth. Faith constrains, potential wanes. Feminism jailed, Islam, failed. Yet Islam stands for equality. Promoting personality. Establishing legality. Protection of morality. Cover up to liberate, alleviate, dissipate. Society’s norm....

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Aftermath of Covid19 you say? Beautiful ideas enter our mind Creativity has found a sweet way Deliberate hope for all of mankind Enthusiasm brings muses to play Foremost forever, this is so cool. Girls and boys glad to be back in school. Heartfelt happiness, it’s a brand new day! Introduction to The Golden Rule. Joyful as pandemic fades away. Kids run toward grandma to give...

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eerie contractions etched fostering fractured fetch poring punctured pulses worn winds wield felon feigns drooped hoisting hankering drools bruised barks moaned heaving sigh sown by blitzkrieg enthroned dark diminuendo dribble cupping callous cripple nocturnal nature nimble spunky shaver severed rondure creeps revered. '20:04:04:11:30 Note: Of vying vision....

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The Revered and the Forgotten colorful young flamingo hailed by the moniker Domingo toast of garden parties mingling with elite in tepid lakes narcissistic moments enraptured by his own image “pretty bird, pretty bird,” gloater extraordinaire muses confident in his precious plumage wasting not one thought on aging Rutherford, maligned buzzard worn by years sports a motley crown grateful for foul carcasses decomposing on forgotten trails outcast of...

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Having heard the harping howls of a hungry herd on the prowl I realized reticence is a revered gift like the sweet love song of a swift...

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When hunger becomes a little god. You start waiting for a miracle to happen. Like a grandfather clock, you had stopped moving. Time becomes a scoop from your ancestor’s skull. You start digging the floor for broken pins, holding the secret prayers. You watch yourself now buried in words, picking up some flowers with numb...

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through a window, near my bed, the moon shines stars sprinkled, twinkle brightly, in the night sky your eyes crinkle when they smile down on me love is here, sweetly revered, and it is mine tangled sheets, touching feet, skin on skin passion heats, no retreats, from searching lips wrap around, let your arms surround, encompassing all carry me there inside your...

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the sound of a voice far and yet near whispered words and thoughts I hear hold me close till you appear love holds fast and is revered...

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