written on the sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington
steady disappearance
of grass on the National Mall
beneath the crowd's feet ...
front-row people with arms linked
start singing We Shall Overcome
Note: for more, see Special Feature: Selected Poems for Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream' Speech"
FYI: Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the historic gathering. On this anniversary of that event, his oldest son, Martin Luther King III said, “I'm very concerned about the direction our country is going in, and it is because instead of moving forward, it feels as if we're moving backward.”
Added:
the march signs
bobbing up and down
in the crowd ...
Black Lives Matter!
No Justice--No Peace
