Alternative Anthem by John Agard sean wai keung Cahill’s elegant and memorable critiques

Cahill’s elegant and memorable critiques of the forces that impinge upon our freedoms have never felt more urgent or necessary

or if you have become a shell by living there – whether emptiness means loss and abandonment or a clean start and a new beginning

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Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers who’ve wanted more poems that touch the heart

Alternative Anthem by John Agard sean wai keung Cahill’s elegant and memorable critiquesWinner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2012 John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 35 years with his mischievous, satirical fables which overturn all our expectations. Alternative Anthem is a live album of poems from books published over three decades, with a DVD of filmed highlights from recent performances. It includes poetry from: We Brits: the Guyanese born word magician gives an outsider insider view of