Student Poetry - Get on the Mic

In October we took ten students to see performance poet Neal Zetter - the theme was Black History Month and by the end of the session students were asked to create a poem based on someone they admired. Below is a poem on Martin Luther King Jr.


By Daniel Bonner - Year 8


Get on the mic
His palms are sweaty
Arms are heavy
He approaches the mic
And attempts to spit rhymes
Faster than frickin' Rich Grimes


But he ain't no rapper
No, he ain't no rhymer
He's just an adapter, he can adjust


He wanted civil rights
It was tough, it was difficult
But he stayed for the fight!
He had the power
He had the might!


He spoke
He was dope
And he knew that
But he didn't go down that easy
No he wouldn't have it!


He was the best
Compared to the rest
He left all of them down
He smirked and he smiled
When they were left with a frown


He likes to rhyme
And read a meaningful speech
He made all of Black-America
Born and free
Within the year 1963.