January 18, 2010
Happy Martin Luther King Day! (Celebrate with some Langston Hughes)
Posted by Christine Hurt
Happy MLK Day! Today was a school holiday for both us professor-parents and our schoolkids. We celebrated MLK Day as we have for the past eight years, with birthday cake and supper for a few friends. We have a very kid-centered agenda, with a viewing of the (abbreviated) I Have a Dream speech, and this year, with poetry by Langston Hughes. Here is a poem entitled "The Dream Keeper," which resonated with my feelings toward the aspirations of my little guys, including Luke, who was the reader:
The Dream Keeper
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
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