Short Martin Luther King Jr Poems

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Premium Member INJUSTICE

I pray for the day when the world is blessed so see
the importance of being unprejudiced, honorable and fair…

Blessed to understand the words of Martin Luther King Jr.
who said:

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Honoring Martin Luther King Jr

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."—Martin Luther King Jr.

Honoring Dr King

Loneliness
Odious
Violence
Eliminator
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Martin Luther King Junior

Martin Luther King, Jr.

When innocent dies,
Whole universe cries,
Even of dear earth,
We can hear, outcries,
But selfish human being,
Never even sighs.


All rights are reserved. Syed Imon Rizvi
From a book "Outspoken" - 2012
Available at www.amazon.com
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Ponder a Moment

Martin Luther King, Jr.
  a leader, a statesman
a preacher, an inspiration

Robert F. Kennedy
  boyish, vulnerable
beloved, fiercely capable

Ponder a moment, will you? ~
  How great America might be
Had she blended the words
  and the works of these two
Form: Verse

Let's Give God a Holiday

Martin Luther King JR. has his own holiday, God should be given a holiday too.
God deserves to be given a holiday, that is what our Government should do.
God's son has his own holiday, God also deserves a holiday that is celebrated every year.
God is the greatest, he loves all of mankind and he deserves to be revered.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Martin Luther King, Jr

The late, great Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., also known as "Dr. King"
        His legacy and sledgehammer impact on civil rights, long-lasting

     In 1963, he eloquently delivered his iconic speech, "I Have A Dream"
Long-gone, yet his love light for humanity continues to gleam.
Form: Clerihew

South Africa Salutes Dr Martin Luther King Jr

South Africa salutes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr!




They gunned you down,
on this April day,
all those years ago,

yet you live, you breathe!





They gunned you down,
just as they did Chris Hani and M.K. Gandhi,

and they failed, as they always will,

for they can never kill,

your dream, your ideals.





Your dream, your ideals,

live, and breathe,


still!
Form:

Dream

Author Dana Redricks
January 12, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, and we know without a dream we perish. Dreams keeps hope alive. Dreams give us strength to strive to seek what seems to be the impossible. Every dream starts in the mind and is persued from the Desires of the heart. Never lose vision and never give up on your mission. Always keep dreaming and believing.

The Black Card

Quite opposite to the black ball
This card played in the open court

Scurrilous a sad weak back footed step
Pathetic whether real or by perceived discrimination 

Gone the dream that one day we will not be judged by the colour of our skin
Twas a dream that was deeply rooted in the American dream

..
But last night  I dreamt a dreary dream
I saw a dead man win a fight


My poor words dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr
© Nigel Fox  Create an image from this poem.

The Black Card

Quite opposite to the black ball
This card played in the open court

Scurrilous a sad weak back footed step
Pathetic whether real or by perceived discrimination 

Gone the dream that one day we will not be judged by the colour of our skin
Twas a dream that was deeply rooted in the American dream

..
But last night  I dreamt a dreary dream
I saw a dead man win a fight


My poor words dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr
© Nigel Fox  Create an image from this poem.

Martin Luther King Jr

Take a gander
                                         at the zebras.Contemplate
                                 its being,its image and you will visualize
                                     and realize the message of Martin 
                                      Luther King Jr.Tonight count zebras
                                         instead of sheep and you will 
                                                 have his dream.

Premium Member SIENCE AND MARTIN

NELLA’S BLESSING

We’ve all heard Martin Luther King Jr.’s words…
If we didn’t hear him speak them we’ve all had chance to read them…
but if we haven’t paid attention to them before…
now, more than ever, may we be blessed to heed them.

It was 1967 in a lecture at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
in Montgomery, Alabama…When Martin said…
In the end
we will remember not the words of our enemies…
but the silence of our friends…
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Martin

In a nation of happy faces,
Your children of rainbowed skin
Hold hands, as kin,
Now ignorant of races...
Just as you hoped...

Building walls of love
Brothers and sisters come along
Singing a never ending song
That you and I are apart of...
Just as I wished...

Voices melting, together singing
Form a circle with hands linked
Alas, just after I had blinked,
I see their wall is rising...
Just as we dreamed.




[For Martin Luther King, Jr.]
Form: Epic

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