If I
Can just be still
It’s possible I’ll have
The needed peace/quiet for a
Sweet dream
This is my response to the W3 prompt for this week — to write a Golden Shovel poem. A Golden Shovel requires that the end word of each line form another author’s poem or quote. In my case, this is a very well-known quote from Martin Luther King, Jr, from a speech he gave in August 1963 — his “I Have a Dream” speech.
He repeats those words seven times — I have a dream; I have a dream; I have a dream; I have a dream; I have a dream; I have a dream; I have a dream.
But he begins that segment of the speech with these words, “So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.” I like the word “still” in there.
This is a Cinquain. Each line has a set syllable count: 2-4-6-8-2
The poem really has nothing to do with the quote.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
Nice post.I subscribed. Have a happy weekend🍀☘️
Well done. We need to keep that dream, and all our dreams, alive. (K)
Hear, hear!
I second Kerfe, and there’s something quite fitting about the cinquain form for this piece, Sally – it works really well to my ear.
~David
Nice take!
Short and see👌🏾
I love this quote and the poem!!
Nicely done, a lovely poem.
Hi Sally,
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3 prompt, hosted for the first time by the amazing Jude Italki, is now live!
https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/06/19/w3-prompt-112-weave-written-weekly/
Enjoy❣️
Much love,
David