The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King poetry Paper Aeroplane: Poems 1989-2014 is

Paper Aeroplane: Poems 1989-2014 is the author's own selection from across a quarter-century of work

constitute so many variations on the theme

‘Never have I wanted to be understood so much as in this poem

Christopher Reid

but his poetry enrichingly alludes to and echoes the writings of many others

The Mighty Stream: Poems in Celebration of Martin Luther King poetry Paper Aeroplane: Poems 1989-2014 isWhen he was awarded an honorary degree in civil law at Newcastle University in 1967, Dr Martin Luther King gave an electrifying extemporaneous address, speaking without notes, in which he said: There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face todayThat is the problem of racism, the problem of poverty and the problem of war. As part of a fifty year anniversary and celebration, this anthology gathers poets from both sides of the Atlantic to