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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. (1929-1968) Matches Found: 17 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` APRIL 5, 1968- MARTIN LUTHER KING, by HANS JUERGENSEN Poem Source First Line: In sudden recognition Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) DEATH OF DR. KING, by SAM CORNISH Poem Source First Line: We sit outside Last Line: In our heads %bodies collapse %and grow again %the city boils %black men %jump out of trees Subject(s): African Americans; Holidays; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) DRUM (FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.), by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The drums - pa-rum - the rat-tat-tat - of drums Last Line: The drums are calling - pa-rum pa-rum - rat-tat-tat pa-rum Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) FIVE BLACK MEN, by MARGARET ABIGAIL WALKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Douglass, du bois, garvey, king, and malcolm x Alternate Author Name(s): Walker, Margaret+(1) Subject(s): African Americans; Black Nationalism; Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895); Du Bois, William Edward B. (1868-1963); Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940); King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968); Malcolm X (malcolm Little) (1925-1965); Reform And Reformers; Writing And Wri IN MEMORIAM: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., by JUNE JORDAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Honey people murder mercy u.S.A. Last Line: More / and more Subject(s): King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) INQUIRY ON RESISTANCE, OR SNOW ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR..., by JEFF GUNDY Poem Source First Line: Cars whine, clutch at slush, collide Last Line: Of color, how otherworldly is our trust %in protest, in deliverance, in each other Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) KING: APRIL 4, 1968, by GERALD WILLIAM BARRAX Poem Source First Line: When I was a child Last Line: Though my stomach is still in alabama pig %pens Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) MARTIN, by ROXANNE WHITAKER Poem Source First Line: His voice was Last Line: Can save %us all Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) MARTIN LUTHER KING, by NAOMI FLOWE FAUST Poem Source First Line: Martin luther king, jr Last Line: For the gifts to freedom he bore. %they shall call him the b-l-e-s-s-e-d martyred king Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) MARTIN LUTHER KING, by IME IKIDDEH Poem Source First Line: Marcus %malcoln %martin %you grandchildren of uncle tom Subject(s): African Americans; Black Nationalism; Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940); King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968); Malcolm X (malcolm Little) (1925-1965) MARTIN LUTHER KING, by AMIN KASSAM Poem Source First Line: Under abraham's vacant eyes Last Line: With the voice of man %buried in his neck Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) MARTIN LUTHER KING, by AGNES ROBERTSON Poem Source First Line: I had a dream Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) ON WATCHING POLITICIANS PERFORM, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hypocrites shed tears Last Line: With the ante raised Subject(s): Politics & Government; Funerals; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) STOPPED IN MEMPHIS, by STEVEN ALBERT BAUER Poem Source First Line: Rain's grey buckshot spatters the windshield Last Line: It allows no disruption of travel, %no assassin's bullet Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) THE FUNERAL OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, by YOLANDE CORNELIA GIOVANNI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: His headstone said / free at last, free at last Last Line: And preached non-violence Alternate Author Name(s): Giovanni, Nikki Subject(s): African Americans; Freedom; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968); Negroes; American Blacks; Liberty UNION REFUSED TO OBSERVE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ..., by ROBERT D. FREEDMAN Poem Source First Line: Although I wear a suit and rep tie Last Line: Around the world I'd been, %they shrugged and winked at my white skin Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) WINTER RETREAT: HOMAGE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., by RODNEY JONES Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There is a hotel in baltimore where we came together Last Line: But, in speaking proudly, we had failed a vision Subject(s): African Americans; King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) |
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