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Linton Kwesi Johnson

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste.

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These are some quotes by Jamaican author Linton Kwesi Johnson Poet, who was born on August 24, 1952.

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Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.

Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

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I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

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The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.

The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man.

Linton Kwesi Johnson

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I'm no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.

I'm no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.

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Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

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