Wednesday, March 28, 2007
ok dudes.
Benjamin Zephaniah.
is beyond cool.
I REALLY like his poems especially the white comedy (below). Its about the english language where the poet criticizes how in the english language black refers to like evil stuff and white to good stuff. ok, repeat the following in reggae beat and with caribbean accent.
w h i t e c o m e d y
(from: Propa Propaganda)
I waz whitemailed By a white witch,
Wid white magic An white lies,
Branded by a white sheep I
slaved as a whitesmith
Near a white spot
Where I suffered whitewater fever.
Whitelisted as a whiteleg
I waz in de white book
As a master of white art,
It waz like white death.
People called me white jack
Some hailed me as a white wog,
So I joined de white watch
Trained as a white guard
Lived off the white economy.
Caught and beaten by de whiteshirts
I waz condemned to a white mass,
Don't worry,
I shall be writing to de Black House.
© Benjamin Zephaniah 1995
lol. lit fest is really cool!!!! the workshops are great and we had a talk by a lady who was the personal advisor of the ex president/prime minister?? of prague!!! she wrote his biography.
apparently he was a playwright and she was one of his best friends. One day by some miracle,----he got the position!!!! she says it felt like a dream when she walked into the castle.
thats so like cool. I wish I could experience that in my lifetime. it was like this:
she and her friend were in the square and they announced the results and everyone (this is a czech urban tradition) took out their key rings and started jangling them(over 100 thousand key rings jangling, mind you) . she says it was like deafening chinese bells. she turned to her friend and said 'this is the best moment of our lives'. and her friend just nodded and wiped away tears. every event that followed felt like a new begining for her over and over again (before this, they were opressed).sigh.......................................................
Yan â¥
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