(15 April 1958 / Birmingham)

poet Benjamin Zephaniah
#27 on top 500 poets
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Eat Your Words

I am a veggie table
A table made of veg,
There’s so much fruit upon me
All living on the edge,
Life is hard
But so are plates
And tea can be quite hot,
And vegetarian poets
Make me nervous quite a lot.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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