the fierce urgency of Now

"We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of 'the fierce urgency of Now'." ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ph.D.

 

 

 

this task of rush, and
hushed-quickening, a grassroots movement
engages good of spirit

flowering buds of appeal
in constant bloom of intellect
earth's winged glory unto flight
racing to and fro
collecting souls, not to devour but
entrust to better angels

uniting in one great thunderous
roar and revival that gathers
generations of peoples
exploring diversity from pastel optimism
negativity dispelled, and blown asunder
come the we of us, as we can only come
yonder-forth reaching out to destiny's call

open hearts to expose universal veins
fling golden chamber doors wide

Now is the time
one plus one, plus one more
we conjoin to create change links

















the fierce urgency of Now

Author's Note

Title & Acrostic Poem:

inspired by the first line of this excerpt from;

The "I HAVE A DREAM Speech"

"We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of 'the fierce urgency of Now'. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy."

~I Have a Dream~ Speech - Delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ph.D.

Paragraph 6, Lines 1, 2 & 3





ART CREDIT:

Chinese sculptor Lei Yixing has been commissioned to render a 28-foot sculpture of King, carved from Chinese granite, the cornerstone of the $100 million King memorial in Washington, DC.

There is a controversy surrounding the Sculpture. Read about it!

http://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/68911

Reviews

[RainQueen]

This is absolutely brilliant. I imagine I've felt a whisper of this thing - This sense of possibility, that "we can overcome." The message leaders like king preached. I could never describe that lift of souls, all together. You did. Amazing and...Important.