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What a great poet he was and also a performer ❤

So... you are nick drake by name too? I love fruit tree.. such a beautiful song about his own demise in my belief. The world lost a great artist 😢

Miss you, Denise.

RIP Benjamin Zephaniah (April 15, 1958 - December 7, 2023), aged 65 You will be remembered as a legend.

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RIP 🕊️

WOW!!

I wish this poem will one day be out of date, but know it never will

This is marvelous!

So often this poet has been a refuge for me.

My eng teacher showed us this but uhh r.i.p cus apparently youre dead

Jessica Traynor was awarded the 2023 O'Shaughnessy Poet Award by the University of St. Thomas Center for Irish Studies. Watch an interview and reading from the event: ua-cam.com/video/5dVDJ_Lq6qo/v-deo.html

Beautiful!!

Gold

I fondly remember stories of Philip Levine told by my professor Norman Dubie, who is also gone now.

Missed❤

Wish she'd worn a purple shirt and red beret. :D Love the poem.

Moving. Your words brought my heart back to me today.❤

ps. Thank you for loving Raymond. Carver. You were a set.

Oh Tess! How exciting that you are in Sligo. I was through there once upon a time. Best seafood chowder in the entire world and the old cafe, tea house. Your poems I heard you read in maybe 1983 in Eugene. Love you so much. You once said to me: Writing will always wait for you. ~ thanks for that. ~ Lizzie

GOLGOTHA BELOVE'DS AMEN'S MERCY CORE FLAME DAME'S NOTHING MAN CAN DO TO MAN THAT DOES NO REAL LASTING GOOD ONCE THAT ONE FUDGE'D WHEN IT CAME TOO FUN FUN OF LOOSEING ONE'S MUM FROM A NEAR CONSTANT FINDING SUM WHILE IN NO KNOWN SHAPE MAKEING FOR A HONEST HUM

lovely

To my heart, he's incomparable; a miracle among men, I mean it. He's ruined all the poets for me.

Enchanting, melancholic, reflective, amusing, observant, all read with heart, a feast for the soul, rounded off beautifully by tinkling notes. Thank you all.

Thank you.

Nice to see you getting your work out there 😊

The poet is from another country. He or she is from the country of what the Indian mystic Kabir called the “country of the sky”, the country of the wide open expanse, without the markings or divisions of national borders, caste or class. It is the freedom of the spirit to soar above narrow perspectives. However, one needs a dual citizenship. One above in that realm of the sky, and the below in the world of definitions, passports and citizenship. And poetry is the bridge that connects the two. A wonderful collection of poems. I like the musicality of your language.

Thank you for offering the recording the day after, as I missed it live. Well done sisters!

Wow this is real art

Journey to the end of the world...

Nothing like poetry in the afternoon.😊

I never heard of this poet until I got her book when I am an old Woman I shall wear purtle.

Bro 2x speed 😂😂

RIP Benjamin . ❤❤

Hauntingly beautiful.😯

This is brilliant in a way that can only be truly appreciated by those who have made PLANS for when they are old.

A lady in Southport did wear purple, known as the Purple Lady

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I love the clip of her talking to the camera man at the end. She’s so funny 😂

this is very BBC, they should play this every day.

Rest in peace Benjamin. A great poet and a huge fan of Aston Villa.

does the book contain the german also ?

RIP you hero, biggup the north. Your words will never cease being heard

Thank you Jane. I love your poetry. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Beautiful writing and a lovely guy too (met him socially a couple of times in the late 2000s and he was delightful)

R.I.P

Newcastle town centre.

WONDERFUL

Even more relevant today and he was reciting it in 1991!A man ahead of his time. Thank you for the lyrics and the revolutionary sentiment, Mr Zephaniah.