Archive for December, 2008

John Agard

« 31 December 2008 | 18:54 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Call alligator long-mouth
call alligator saw-mouth
call alligator pushy-mouth
call alligator scissors-mouth
call alligator raggedy-mouth
call alligator bumpy-bum
call alligator all dem rude word
but better wait
….. till you cross river.



Davy Crocket

« 29 December 2008 | 17:50 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

I leave this rule for others when I’m dead
Be always sure you’re right – THEN GO AHEAD!



Anzia Yezierska

« 28 December 2008 | 21:57 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.



A Palindrome

« 27 December 2008 | 16:39 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus.



Horatio William Bottomley

« 26 December 2008 | 11:40 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ending his career as journalist and politician with a 5 year prison sentence for fraud, Bottomley was approached whilst stitching mailbags by a prison visitor who asked him:
‘Sewing, Bottomley’
to which he simply replied:
‘No, reaping.’



Benjamin Zephaniah

« 25 December 2008 | 11:45 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Talking Turkeys
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
Don’t eat it, keep it alive,
It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
Say, Yo! Turkey I’m on your side.
I got lots of friends who [...]