Follow that Word (Agard John)(Paperback / softback) - diskuze

The father of performance poetry, John Agard, brings you a collection of riotously funny poems. Follow that Word is a celebration of imagination and demonstrates the true diversity of language. A dazzling collection of over sixty poems, Follow That Word delivers John Agards musings on people and places from the modern and historical world, this wonderful collection that can be rediscovered over and over again. With gorgeous black-and-white illustrations from Momoko Abe, Follow That Word takes you on a thought-provoking journey into the wonderful world of words, and this collection belongs on every bookshelf.Its been around from Creation dawn, And it only takes two to catch on, Try it people, and youll soon see, This is a dance that can set you free, Its called the dance of diversity. Reviews for Half-caste, and Other Poems: Rollicking Caribbean-flavored rhythms combined with serious matters such as racism define poet extraordinaire, Agard. - Voya. A performance poet, Agard uses his rhyme, repetition and refrains that make his work sing...Skilful use of humour to get his serious points across. - The Book Horn Inc. About the Author - John Agard was born in Guyana and emigrated to Britain in 1977. He has worked as an actor and a performer with a jazz group and spent several years with the Commonwealth Institute, travelling all over Britain giving talks, performances and workshops. He has visited literally thousands of schools. His poem Half-caste is on the AQA English GCSE sylla
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