A Different Image
by Dudley Randall
‘A Different Image’ by Dudley Randall is an impactful, short poem that speaks about the contemporary world and a future without racism.
Dudley Randall was an American poet who also worked as a publisher in Michigan. He founded Broadside Press. His most famous poem is ‘The Ballad of Birmingham’ written after the bombing of a church in Alabama. His collections include Love You and After the Killing.
‘A Different Image’ by Dudley Randall is an impactful, short poem that speaks about the contemporary world and a future without racism.
Ballad of Birmingham’ by Dudley Randall is a moving narrative of the last moments of a little girl murdered in a church bombing.
“Mother dear, may I go downtown
Instead of out to play,
And march the streets of Birmingham
In a Freedom March today?”
‘To the Mercy Killers’ is a poem centered on the concept of “mercy killing” or euthanasia. The poet presents his viewpoint regarding this matter in this poem.