My teacher showed this to me now...it’s timeless this poem
@adie2726
8 жыл бұрын
love this mans poem
@OssianHuskinson
11 жыл бұрын
Just because he doesn't say things like 'the sweet veil of effervescent light' and other language tricks, doesn't mean it's not poetry; he uses devices like internal rhyme, repetition, and a very complex shifting meter (look at poets from the oral tradition, such as Chaucer, who had rhythmical lines, though not as rhythmically complex as this) This poetry is raw, and rhythmically driven; it doesn't mess about, and it tells you everything as it is. At least respect that not all poetry is the same
@mr.coolmug3181
7 жыл бұрын
Not all poetry is the same. Not all poetry is good.
@cortezforever
15 жыл бұрын
He's telling the truth, "those who have it won't give you anything."
@Prknoo
15 жыл бұрын
great job! we have worked with it in our english lesson:-D
@LauzAndNuntree
13 жыл бұрын
Our teacher played this at school HAH!
@felixois6674
5 жыл бұрын
Budget Snoop Dogg
@zsylvana
14 жыл бұрын
Thank you a lot Benjamin.Wondeful poem!
@TotalUrbex
11 жыл бұрын
i know this off by heart:') LOVE BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH, true vegan inspiration.
@AbandonEarth911
12 жыл бұрын
Let us all help to speed the day when this wonderful earth and its rich resources are held in common for the benefit of all humanity.Fraternally yours for the abolition of the monetary system.
@1theblacksmith1
16 жыл бұрын
Very nice mon.
@MrWackywilson
13 жыл бұрын
well done ben, u are a prophet in modern times
@stefpridden6555
9 жыл бұрын
This guy, i wrote a poem on a wall in the nineties, few months later this guys reads it out on Blue Peter. Plagurism. Phony
@DCHTID247
13 жыл бұрын
peace and love to you bro ? WISE WORDS !
@dr.nemaichandramondal8940
3 жыл бұрын
Very nice recitation! I am impressed. Pradeep Ghosh recited that type of Bangla poem better than Benjamin before Benjamin in India.
@elijahkeech3549
8 жыл бұрын
this is bare cool I love it
@shutorshoot
12 жыл бұрын
5 people are the ones that have it, and won't give you anthing...
@shuddupeyaface
2 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@karmafunk2008
14 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Benjamin!
@phil777flip
13 жыл бұрын
bip up! to say it in the right language we would have to meet each other! rock on & on, just like that!
@xyzllii
5 жыл бұрын
Love it....bril.
@softcat20
9 жыл бұрын
I'm performing We Refugees next week with two others for an event. We decided to do it slam poetry style. I know its a bit different to the way he performs...
@JonnyReesx
14 жыл бұрын
i went to see him when i was in school :)
@gbcisaac9307
5 жыл бұрын
snoop dog éco +
@unboxerstudiosstyloshelly9341
7 жыл бұрын
I have read his autobiography
@loanntrouve2114
6 жыл бұрын
lyrics please ?
@alfrednyatsambo2359
8 жыл бұрын
That rapping though
@MissNxx14
12 жыл бұрын
ok i agree
@grantosjones
14 жыл бұрын
@iziahlights - the beauty of it is in it's simplicity. It's hardly 'far from intelligent' I find it be perceptive, and puts words to the thoughts of many people who can't articulate what they want to say. I'm from the working class and it appeals to me, but please don't put it down like that. Working class does not mean 'far from intelligent'. Also, I wonder what you would call intelligent poetry, so that I can see some examples and try to understand where you're coming from?
@iziahlights
13 жыл бұрын
I like the message though!
@longislandicez11
12 жыл бұрын
nice
@freeeak187
7 жыл бұрын
wow chill..
@martinjames6113
11 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Zephaniah is the opposite of trendy or cool. He could have been, but he chose a different path, and good on him. Getting to be trendy means either no politics or mere posturing and blandness, like Bono. The content of this poem is certainly NOT trendy, is it? You don't really mean the content, do you? You are apparently obsessed with the words, not what they say, with form over content. I'm sure you don't like Burns either.
@sidneybongos
16 жыл бұрын
Respec
@tinyjunes
4 жыл бұрын
Ya'll big men or nah..
@papajigster
10 жыл бұрын
Money is an angel on one side and a devil on the other. Give me the angelic side, not the devilish side.
@abuealfonso10
13 жыл бұрын
Not in the Bible. I wonder why not?
@martinjames6113
11 жыл бұрын
They're different and their poetry comes from different perspectives. I love them both, but we hear too little of LKJ these days. He's a modest and very private man, averse to adulation and the limelight than BZ. Friendly though. I know several people who love LKJ's work, then met and talked to him without having a clue that was HIM! Michael Marra was much the same. Like MM, LKJ will never be fully appreciated until he dies, and many will discover his work only then.
@MyPatrickn
13 жыл бұрын
jeahhhh
@iziahlights
14 жыл бұрын
He is ok and i respect the fact that he has done well for himself but far from intelligent poetry. I guess I am traditional, He is very different though and I think he apeals to the working class which is always a good thing.
@alfrednyatsambo2359
8 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha very good
@sarsquare
15 жыл бұрын
This guy is ace
@campervanfreedomuk9526
7 жыл бұрын
you are small money your house's how many you got
@458blackops
12 жыл бұрын
benjamin zephaniah rong radio watch this
@domtrew
8 жыл бұрын
Ye go 😝
@AbandonEarth911
6 жыл бұрын
Let us all help to speed the day when this wonderful earth and its rich resources are held in common for the benefit of all humanity. Abolish the monetary system comrades, One race the Human Race. Look up the Venus project.
@felixsavvy13
13 жыл бұрын
money is a drug with legal aid.
@houdabaiza9129
12 жыл бұрын
money money :)
@iziahlights
13 жыл бұрын
@FreakBoi2008 The way you phase sentences is a deciding factor. Content is poor with this mans poetry in my own personal opinion. The words are too simple to take my mind to a place where I myself wish poetry to take me. I am not involved and feel that Mr Zephaniah is "trendy" thus must be "cool". You disagree, well then good for you. A personal opinion is just that.
@wig205
12 жыл бұрын
Lol
@iainrobb2076
10 жыл бұрын
This is coming from a guy who has a lot of money. I can't even get a book deal, and I've been writing first-rate poetry for twenty years.
@joshuaryan7038
7 жыл бұрын
Perhaps it isn't as good as you think? No one likes someone who thinks their work is "first-rate".
@iainrobb2076
7 жыл бұрын
Joshua Ryan It's actually better. I regularly shelve perfectly good material because it doesn't live up to the standards I've set for myself.
@joshuaryan7038
7 жыл бұрын
Iain Robb Whether you distribute every poem you write or not does not affect the quality of your distributed works. They may be better than your other poems, but worse than other poets'.
@megapulsar9244
7 жыл бұрын
Iain Robb do you know that BZ has publicly declined an OBE from Queen Elizabeth? I personally highly doubt a man like him who once refused an honorific title from a queen due to his Rastafarian religion and some kind of lack of faith in society would say "Yes!" to tons of money. If he gains lots of cash from his work, okay. But it wouldn't be the primary thing in which he believes the most I think. Well, that is if he does care about it, and I'd say that's why he wrote this poem.
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