Benjamin Zephaniah on Reels

Benjamin Zephaniah on Reels

Benjamin Zephaniah surprised by The Big Issue vendor’s poetic performance Benjamin Zephaniah has described the moment a Big Issue vendor took him by surprise with a “word for word” rendition of one of his most renowned works, ‘Me Green Poem’. “I was in Oxford a few years ago and I'll never forget this,” said Zephaniah. “There was somebody selling The Big Issue. He stood back and he performed a poem of mine called ‘Me Green Poem’. “It's a really long, fast poem. And he performed it word for word.

Can poetry inspire change? Exclusive extracts from the OBV interview with poet Benjamin Zephaniah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1OUScy60T0 The first of exclusive unseen extracts from Operation Black Vote's interview with internationally accliamed poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Interviewer Richard Sudan, filmed by Jyoti Bhojani and edited by Aisha Hassan. | Benjamin Zephaniah