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JOHN AGARD – POET - PLAYWRIGHT

JOHN AGARD – POET - PLAYWRIGHT. Playwright, poet, short-story and children's writer John Agard was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana).

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JOHN AGARD – POET - PLAYWRIGHT

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  1. JOHN AGARD – POET - PLAYWRIGHT Playwright, poet, short-story and children's writer John Agard was born on 21 June 1949 in British Guiana (now Guyana). His published poetry includes Man to Pan (1982), winner of the Casa de las Américas Prize, Limbo Dancer in Dark Glasses (1983), Mangoes and Bullets: Selected and New Poems 1972-84 (1985) and Weblines (2000). He is also the author of many children's books, including Lend Me Your Wings (1987), which was shortlisted for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. John Agard lives in south-east England. His poetry collection We Brits (2006), was shortlisted for the 2007 British Book Awards Decibel Writer of the Year award. His latest poetry collection is Clever Backbone (2009).

  2. Excuse mestanding on one legI’m half-caste.Explain yuselfwha yu meanwhen yu say half-casteyu mean when Picassomix red an greenis a half-caste canvas?explain yuselfwha yu meanwhen yu say half-casteyu mean when light an shadowmix in de skyis a half-caste weather?well in dat caseengland weathernearly always half-castein fact some o dem cloudhalf-caste till dem overcastso spiteful dem don’t want de sun passah rass?explain yuselfwha yu meanwhen yu say half-casteyu mean tchaikovskysit down at dah pianoan mix a black keywid a white keyis a half-caste symphony? John Agard - Half Caste Explain yuselfwha yu meanAh listening to yu wid de keenhalf of mih earAh looking at yu wid de keenhalf of mih eyean when I’m introduced to yuI’m sure you’ll understandwhy I offer yu half-a-handan when I sleep at nightI close half-a-eyeconsequently when I dreamI dream half-a-dreaman when moon begin to glowI half-caste human beingcast half-a-shadowbut yu must come back tomorrowwid de whole of yu eyean de whole of yu earan de whole of yu mind.an I will tell yude other halfof my story.

  3. Angry? Confused? Political? What does it mean? At first, it is hard to 'get' what the poem is saying.  My pupils' first suggestion was that Agard was saying that - because he was 'half-caste' - he was only half a human being.   Of course, Agard is saying exactly the opposite!   He saying that it is we who only have half an eye, half a ear and half a mind!   Because we haven't thought fully about what 'half-caste' means...

  4. John Agard Call alligator long-mouthcall alligator saw-mouthcall alligator pushy-mouthcall alligator scissors-mouthcall alligator raggedy-mouthcall alligator bumpy-bumcall alligator all dem rude wordbut better wait….. till you cross river. What does it mean? Discuss!

  5. Rainbow - by John Agard When you see de rainbow you know God know wha he doing -one big smile across the sky -I tell you God got style the man got styleWhen you seeraincloud passand de rainbowmake a showI tell youis God doinglimbothe man doing limbo But sometimesyou knowwhen I seede rainbowso full of glowand curvinglike she bearing childI does want knowif Godain’t a womanIf that is sothe woman got styleman she got style

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