Martin Luther King Jr. and Other Poems: The Calm Strength of Humanity

by Yemi D Ogunyemi

Overview

The writing of Martin Luther King Jr. and Other Poems gestated in 2018 shortly after the successful completion and publication of Yoruba Philosophy and the Seeds of Enlightenment. The poetry work is divided into eight parts. While part 1 is the masthead—the poetic biography of Martin Luther King Jr.—part 2 through part 8 is a crown of jewels worn by many heads, poetizing and epigrammatizing in the calm strength of knowledge and humanity, cognate with the constructive metabolism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798385240623
Publisher:	Resource Publications (CA)
Publication date:	04/28/2025
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Yemi D. Ogunyemi (also known as Yemi D. Prince) is a former research fellow, Harvard University, former Director, Institute of Creative Writing; author of The Aesthetic and Moral Art of Wole Soyinka, Yoruba Idealism, and a good few; recipient of a Poetry Golden Trophy, recipient of the 2021 Nonfiction Fellowship Award from the Writers’ Room of Boston, recipient of the 2023 Humanities Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, he is a beaut aphorist and a luminous literary philosopher whose work reflects the savvies and radiance of his spirit.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“In this well thought out collection reflecting on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from his beginning through his chosen path to share the word of God and light for civil rights, Yemi D. Ogunyemi allows us to see King live out his ‘prophetic dream.’ [ . . . ] Ogunyemi continues the reflection of King’s influence on the psyche of our nation and the world. This collection is both poetic and historic, making it ever so important in the climate we currently are living in due to the results of the 2024 presidential election and its consequential destruction of the principles of King’s ‘Dream.’”

—Robert L. Giron, author of Songs for the Spirit / Canciones para el Espíritu

Editorial Reviews

In this well thought out collection reflecting on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from his beginning through his chosen path to share the word of God and light for civil rights, Yemi D. Ogunyemi allows us to see King live out his ‘prophetic dream.’ [ . . . ] Ogunyemi continues the reflection of King’s influence on the psyche of our nation and the world. This collection is both poetic and historic, making it ever so important in the climate we currently are living in due to the results of the 2024 presidential election and its consequential destruction of the principles of King’s ‘Dream.’”

—Robert L. Giron, author of Songs for the Spirit / Canciones para el Espíritu

From the Publisher