M L K



a sea of faces
a dream of equal races
fulfilled in places
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Submitted by haiku_artist on May 04, 2021

Modified by haiku_artist on September 06, 2021

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Scheme AAA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 55
Words 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3

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  • Pruett1023
    I like this. keep up the good work. I enjoyed reading your post.
    LikeReply1 month ago
  • JLane
    Haikus don’t usually rhyme but this has been written quite nicely. Thanks for sharing.
    LikeReply2 months ago
  • Dianejean57
    I love it.
    LikeReply3 months ago
  • poeticweaver
    A haiku that rhymes... nicely woven.
    LikeReply3 months ago

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