tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post115643351627808152..comments2023-10-09T09:43:16.832-04:00Comments on Liberal Lucidity: Coretta Scott King Panel ConvenesButton Gwinnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03435875008430423570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-1156775811957573782006-08-28T10:36:00.000-04:002006-08-28T10:36:00.000-04:00How lovely, Tina! Just as Mrs. King was surely a ...How lovely, Tina! Just as Mrs. King was surely a lovely woman. I was always struck by the physical beauty of that she had, like in the photo I borrowed for my blog. But even her physical beauty pales in comparison to her inner beauty. Your poem reminds us that her dreams, which were a part of that inner beauty, haven't been fully realized yet.Button Gwinnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435875008430423570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-1156690725135083362006-08-27T10:58:00.000-04:002006-08-27T10:58:00.000-04:00I would like to give a copy of my book as a gift t...I would like to give a copy of my book as a gift to the King family as my small contribution, but don't know where to mail it.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764566800701618387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29084074.post-1156690551758982832006-08-27T10:55:00.000-04:002006-08-27T10:55:00.000-04:00Shortly after Coretta Scott King died, my friend a...Shortly after Coretta Scott King died, my friend and fellow poet Steen Miles both wrote and exchanged memorial poems. Here's mine, which will appear in my upcoming collected poetry, A Second Spring, available next month. Needless to say, it is copyrighted 2006. The lines may not turn out exactly right here, but I trust your readers can figure it out!<BR/><BR/>Lower the flag for Coretta<BR/><BR/>Yes, lower the flag for Coretta,<BR/>lower it and let each star dip<BR/>in recognition of the tears<BR/>wept by the poor.<BR/><BR/>Lower it and let each stripe bend<BR/>in recognition of the wounds<BR/>laid on the minds and backs<BR/>of the persecuted. <BR/><BR/>Lower it and keep it lowered<BR/>at half-staff, still mourning <BR/>for victims of violence everywhere,<BR/>and victims of war.<BR/><BR/>Lower it and keep it lowered,<BR/>for the unknown soldier, the sailor,<BR/>the marine, the mother, the wife,<BR/>the sister, the brother, the child.<BR/><BR/>Yes, lower the flag for Coretta,<BR/>and until we learn to live in peace,<BR/>Lower the flag for us all.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764566800701618387noreply@blogger.com