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Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series.
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Gray's first book of poetry, The Woolgatherer, [3] was largely autobiographical and was published by Peepal Tree Press in 1994. Since then he has published several subsequent collections, including Lillian's Songs (1996), Leaving the Dark (1998), Plumed Palms (2000), Careenage (2003), Only the Waves (2005), Possession (2009), Lighthouses (2011 ...
Mutabaruka was born and raised in Rae Town, Kingston, Jamaica, [1] in a household with his father, mother and two sisters. When he was eight years old his father died. Mutabaruka attended the Kingston Technical High School, where he trained in electronics for four years, going on to work for the Jamaican Telephone Company until eventually quitting i
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator.Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"), [2] establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.
An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
Since the poem is essentially taking the value of the governor and pinning it against the value of "commodities" in Jamaica, Morris points out that the governor is the white rice (literally because he is white) and "less available than the brown people". [2] The poem "Duty Bound" is about governor Sir Hugh Foot and his wife leaving Jamaica.
Wong's poetry also won three prizes in the 1976 Jamaica Literary Festival. [1] [4] His profile was further raised when he was allowed out of prison for a poetry reading at the Tom Redcam Library in 1977. Also in 1977, several of his poems were published in Jamaica's national newspapers, including the Daily Gleaner and Jamaica Daily News.