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The British
by Benjamin Zephaniah

Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,
Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years
Add lots of Norman French to some
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,
Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,

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Corn Grinders
by Sarojini Naidu

O little mouse, why dost thou cry
While merry stars laugh in the sky?
Alas! alas! my lord is dead!
Ah, who will ease my bitter pain?
He went to seek a millet-grain
In the rich farmer's granary shed;
They caught him in a baited snare,
And slew my lover unaware:
Alas! alas! my lord is dead.
O little deer, why dost thou moan,

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The Slave Dealer
by Thomas Pringle

From ocean's wave a Wanderer came,
With visage tanned and dun:
His Mother, when he told his name,
Scarce knew her long-lost son;
So altered was his face and frame
By the ill course he had run.

There was hot fever in his blood,
And dark thoughts in his brain;
And oh! to turn his heart to good

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Talking Turkeys!
by Benjamin Zephaniah

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 are turkeys
An all of dem fear christmas time,

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Ode To Psyche
by John Keats

O Goddess! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung
By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear,
And pardon that thy secrets should be sung
Even into thine own soft-conched ear:
Surely I dreamt to-day, or did I see
The winged Psyche with awaken'd eyes?
I wander'd in a forest thoughtlessly,
And, on the sudden, fainting with surprise,
Saw two fair creatures, couched side by side
In deepest grass, beneath the whisp'ring roof

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The Dream
by Tony Grannell

When roused from dreams but unaware,
where he beheld a maiden fair.
Of deep blue eyes and auburn hair,
he sought her hand but no one there.

As if it was some lost affair;
the loneliness, he could not bear.
He’d dream again, his love declare,
from nightmares woke into despair.


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Closer Than It Seems
by Yasmeen Kamel

I hold my tears, but they slip away,
Like fragile dreams that couldn't stay,

I let out a pained sob,
Feeling my heart ache and throb,

Why do I feel so sad,
Even though life isn't bad,

All I want is to feel at peace,

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The False Reality
by Nora La King

In my mind
A reality of love,
Of perfection,
Holds me ever so tight.

I live in the world
In the reality
In the delusion
Of my beautiful, false
life.

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Coins
by Miranda White

Coins aren't my favorite thing
They are either shiny and bright
Or dull and dirty
But I know better
The shiniest ones and most bright
Turn out to be dirty and dull on the flip side
Dirty and dull
No use for something that isn't pretty
They give quite the impression
Until you realize all their flaws and imperfections

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Surprises
by Miranda White

Life goes fast.
I don't know how long it'll last.
People enter your life.
And suddenly they're gone.
Life is full of surprises.
Flip a coin.
Maybe the ending will end in your favor.
Or maybe it'll end for the worst.

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