The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King poetry Shuttle and Greening’s deep connection

Shuttle and Greening’s deep connection of memory to this place brings forth a remarkable cycle of magical and bitter-sweet poems

Christopher Reid

‘Never have I wanted to be understood so much as in this poem

An essential voice in modern American literature

but his poetry enrichingly alludes to and echoes the writings of many others

The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King poetry Shuttle and Greening’s deep connectionWhen he was awarded an honorary degree in civil law at Newcastle University in 1967, Dr Martin Luther King gave an electrifying extemporaneous address, speaking without notes, in which he said: There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face todayThat is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war. As part of a fifty year anniversary and celebration, this anthology gathers poets from both sides of the Atlantic to