Benjamin Zephaniah was awarded OBE...
For writing bad poet-ry,
Him t’ought he was black Shakespeare,
But people laughed at ’im he-re.
In April, him were sixty-five,
Now him no alive.
December 7, 2023
For an audio recording of the above, click here.
To my 2003 letter to the Daily Mail re Benjamin Zephaniah.
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