3rd Graders Poetry for MLK Jr. (Teacher: Rachel Stower)

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Special Man
By: Brandon R

Martin Luther King Jr., he was a special man.

He even fought for blacks go to white schools.

He didn’t want to fight with his hands.

He started to change the world.

Now our friends can go with us to school.

Martin Luther King Jr., Martin, oh, Martin Luther King Jr.

A special man.

Now he made blacks and whites equal.

Oh, Martin Luther King Jr. was a special man!

January 13, 2012
Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Anthony C

Martin Luther King Jr., he had a friend.

His friend’s mother said not to play with him because he was black.

As years past, Martin Luther King Jr. said that black people and white people should be treated the same as each other.

Black and white people should always be friends to each other.

Martin Luther King’s Story
By: Haidy I.
January 13, 2012

First, Martin was not free.

Then, he wanted to change how the world was acting. 

Next, Martin did what he wanted to do.

He did not want black people to not be like white people.

He wanted white and black people to be friends. 

He never gave up.

He kept on trying, even if he broke the rules.

He never gave up.

He kept on trying.

He wanted everybody to be happy because he loved everyone.

Last, he got what he wanted, and he was happy.

Martin Luther King’s Speech
By: Kimberly F.B.
January 13, 2012

I dream that the world would not be white people to do more stuff than the black people.

It’s sad because Martin Luther King died and someone said to kill him.

MLK Jr. married a little woman but MLK Jr. didn’t care about her height.

He went to his friend’s house but his friend’s mom said they couldn’t be friends because he was black.

I feel happy that people went to his funeral.

Martin Luther King’s Sad Story
By: Honesty E
January 13, 2012

One day Martin went to play with his friend but he couldn’t because his friend’s mother said he was black so he couldn’t play with him anymore. Martin was sad. He was strong. He was brave. He was a wonderful man. He told everyone his dream. His dream was to make everything equal and fair. He had a wife and three wonderful kids. One day Martin went to the park with his kids but he couldn’t go to the park because the white people said that no black people could go to the park. Martin fought with his words and everybody listened. And they started to change the rules. One day Martin was in his hotel room but suddenly, an escaped prisoner shot him. He was a nice man, so everyone came to his funeral. Martin Luther King Jr. was a nice man. His grave said “Free at Last, Free at Last. I’m Free at Last!”

Martin Luther King
By: Fatima C.R.
January 13, 2012

He was born in a house. 

He liked words, like bounce.

Martin Luther King was a nice man.

He did what he can to fix the world.

He loved his enemies.

But he hated the bad things they did.

He didn’t care about money, like pennies.

And when he was born in his house, 

He was cute like a little mouse.

Martin Luther King was shot.

They caught who did it.

Martin Luther King said that black and white people should chat together. 

Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Andrea A
January 13, 2012

MLK Jr. was nice. 

He did not give up.

He fought for us with his words.

He went to college and met a nice woman, named Coretta Scott.

They got married. 

A year later, they moved to a new house.

They had kids. 

And they were happy.

But there was one problem and the problem was he wanted to change things. 

And he did.

He stood outside of his door and somebody shot him.

January 13, 2012
Martin Luther King’s Story
By: Abel

Martin is a man of kindness.

Martin Luther had a special dream.

Martin Luther King wanted to make everyone free.

He never would give up no matter what happened.

He then got married.

He went to a march.

Then the saddest thing happened to him,

he got shot.

Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Raul P.C.
January 13, 2012

It was sad when they shot Martin Luther King.

When he was a man, he never gave up.

He started to change the world.

He married a woman. 

Her name was Coretta Scott.

Black and white people should be equal.

Martin Luther King Jr. had a little girl.

The little girl wanted to go to the park but it was just for white people.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a special man.

Martin Luther King’s Big Words
By: Victor D.C.A.

Martin Luther King was a good man 

And he used big words with his mouth.

He wanted people to play together.

And drink water from the same water fountain.

And he wanted people to sit anywhere they wanted to on the bus.

Black people and white people could sit together.

Martin Luther King Jr.
By: David C.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a very kind person.

As the years went by, he was thinking about what he wanted to be.

Until he was 17, when he wanted to be a minister.

He married Coretta and she had three children.

One day his son told his dad, he wanted to go to a park. 

And Martin said “Only white can go, but we will go”

I feel sad about the life he had.

Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Jamai P.

If I had a dream like Martin Luther King it would be…

Everyone in this world should follow the rules.

I want to be just like that man 

because he did whatever he could.

He fought for black and white kids 

to go to the same school. 

That’s why he is really cool.

When I get older, I want to be just like him.

Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Rosario G.

The black people were not allowed 

to play with white people.

The black people were slaves.

Martin Luther King Jr. asked, 

Why the black people can’t play with the white people?

Martin Luther King Jr. said,

white and black people should be together.

Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Luis R.

I feel sad for Martin Luther King 

because he couldn’t play with his white friend.

When he knocked on the door, his friend’s mom said 

He couldn’t play with Martin anymore because he was black.

Then he went to a park with his son, but the white people said “No black people allowed.”

Then he told his dream to people.

His dream was that black and white people would get together. 

He told the people, “Do not hate the person, hate the bad things they do.”

MLK Jr. had a Dream
By: Itohan O.

Martin Luther King had a dream 

that everyone could play together.

He also said to love bad people,

And hate the things they do.

When Rosa Parks had to go to the back of the bus,

I felt bad for her

Because it doesn’t matter 

if you are sitting in the front or back.

You might grow up bad if your family didn’t love you.

I will feel sad because family supposed to love each other.

When black and white people couldn’t be together, it made me feel mad and sad 

Because no matter what skin color, you can still be friends.

MLK Friends
By: Tran N.

A long time ago, black people and white people can’t be friends together.

Then Martin started to fight with his words.

Then his house was on fire and he still didn’t give up.

When people went on buses, 

White people get to sit at the front 

And the black people had to sit in the backseat.

January 13, 2012
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Story
By: Jose R.M.

Martin Luther King Jr. couldn’t play with white kids.

He started high school at the age of 13.

When he was all grown up, 

he became a minister.

Rosa Parks sat down on the bus 

and the driver told her to move to the back.

But she didn’t move.

So she went to jail.

Black people boycotted the buses.

MLK Jr. got shot. 

50,000 people came to his funeral.