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I DREAM A WORLD WHERE MAN
by Anonymous | January 22, 2021



World with Hands



I have been sharing some poems in my blog that I have read in worship the previous Sunday, but this week I want to share a poem someone in the congregation sent me.  She was inspired by MLK DAY to send this poem by Langston Hughes, a great American poet of the last century, which perhaps inspired Dr. King to give his most memorable speech,

 

I DREAM A WORLD WHERE MAN

NO OTHER MAN WILL SCORN,

WHERE LOVE WILL BLESS THE EARTH

AND PEACE ITS PATHS ADORN

I DREAM A WORLD WHERE ALL

WILL KNOW SWEET FREEDOM'S WAY,

WHERE GREED NO LONGER SAPS THE SOUL

NOR AVARICE BLIGHTS OUR DAY.

A WORLD I DREAM WHERE BLACK OR WHITE,

WHATEVER RACE YOU BE,

WILL SHARE THE BOUNTIES OF THE EARTH

AND EVERY MAN IS FREE,

WHERE WRETCHEDNESS WILL HANG ITS HEAD

AND JOY, LIKE A PEARL,

ATTENDS THE NEEDS OF ALL MANKIND-

OF SUCH I DREAM, MY WORLD!