The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King poetry An essential voice in modern

An essential voice in modern American literature

he remains the Vermeer of American poetry

constitute so many variations on the theme

His role there was to lead foot patrols and to operate machines for detecting improvised explosive devices

‘Never have I wanted to be understood so much as in this poem

The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King poetry An essential voice in modernWhen he was awarded an honorary degree in civil law at Newcastle University in 1967, Dr Martin Luther King gave an electrifying extemporaneous address, speaking without notes, in which he said: There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face todayThat is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war. As part of a fifty year anniversary and celebration, this anthology gathers poets from both sides of the Atlantic to