Honoring The Drum Beaters
Bum de de bum bum de de bum bum
The drum beaters
The earth shakers
The world changers
Marching to their own beat
Bum de de bum bum de de bum bum
The courage havers
The defiance makers
The rebellion leaders
Marching to their own beat
Bum de de bum bum de de bum bum
The fire starters
The ocean stormers
The life livers
Marching to their own beat
Bum de de bum…
HALT!
Something has occurred to me
I see everything
I see in the shadows
A drum beater
An earth shaker
A life liver
All alone
Marching to their own beat.
About this poem
Inspired by “Honoring” by Joy Harjo and “The Drum Major Instinct,” Sermon Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1968.
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Written on March 15, 2022
Submitted by cnuatreasurer on March 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AbbbC AbbbC AbbbC axxxxdddxC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 10 |
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