John Agard reads his poem, Half-Caste

John Agard performs his poem "Half-Caste".

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[Some_nce]

Im studying half caste in English and honestly this is my favourite poem by far 🎉🎉❤❤❤

[porkwoofles]

I was introduced to John Agard 18 years ago in English class, and I've never forgotten this poem. It's quite amazing how poetry sticks with you over much else.

[thistrackisabop]

I feel like high school ruined this poem for me now I'm 18 and I listen again I can't help but realise how amazing this poem truly is

[Zoe-keez]

This guy is a genius. If you can only find it funny then you’re missing the whole point of the poem. This is a masterpiece !

[MsLucyTt]

Brilliant poet and poem, so ironic, If you don't get it, you just don't but that's your problem not his.He knows exactly what he's talking about and how he wants to deliver his message.Loved it.

[stephen]

I might point out that this man does not blink.

[teaminstinct]

Mix the BLACK KEY, with a WHITE KEY, is a

[samcarruthers]

I died at "HALF... CAST... SYMPHONEE!" I love the way he sings it 😂

[superanimator]

Studying 'Half-Caste' in English.

[thewatcheronthewall]

I covered john agard in school 17 years ago, then met him when I was 17 on a train in 2002. really nice man he wished me well in my studies and had allot of time to discuss poetry with me great man.

[cesarflores]

Mix the Black Key with a White Key is a

[shemarbean]

Honestly i don't understand why people can't look past the accent and speech pattern. It's spoken word poetry, if you ever went to a poetry jam, you'd understand it's showmanship and if you paid attention to the words, you'll realise they carry a heavy weight behind them.

[LebronJenkins]

We watched this is English. Now every time someone wants to say ‘excuse me’ they say STANDING ON ONE LEEG’. It’s amazing

[diyapatel-]

wow after analysing this poem in detail during my English literature classes I am in absolute awe of his fantastic poem!!

[HeeeeeearMeNow]

He used to come to our primary school and read us his poems and tell us stories of Anancy. Such a legend.

[bufflowsouljah]

Very nice man. His daughter stays in a home below me. He came to see her and I met him . He stood right in my room and conversed with me..Amazing

[sanford]

This poem is one of the most extraordinary poems I have ever read and listened to. The way he reads it is so intriguing that I keep listening over it.

[sirplantain]

John Agard is an inspiration to me, he is on a par with the likes of Martin Luther King. Mr Agard shows how racism is wrong in a simple but touching poem - you can't have a piano without 'black' and 'white' keys. You need to have the intellectual ability to read (listen) deep into his poems.

[kellyjohnson]

This is my favourite poem because its stuck in my head and I remember how I felt at the time I read it and how it impacted me. But this is the first time I've ever heard it be read out loud, its always been in my head. And despite this being read by the poet himself, so obviously that's how he intended it to be read. Just when i read it, i find it as a calm quiet peaceful poem, the kind where you realise the meaning as you read it and say it. Perhaps we all take away our own meaning or feeling from this. But I'm glad I read it first on my own. I'm not sure it would have had the same impact on my life as it did if I'd have watched this first.

[JetninePlaysMC]

he is very intuitve and i for one enjoy listening to his insights