Dean Atta is a poet (and gay)

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I just wanted to share this YouTube of Dean Atta's poem: I Am Nobody's Nigger
As a gay, mixed race poet, Dean Atta writes poetry that is particularly interesting to hear and read. Enjoy. His book is available on March 4th. You can check it out on Amazon.

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You may also enjoy this poem in which Dean deplores the fact that his Greek mother (his father is of Jamaican origin) never taught him or his sister Greek. A great loss for the siblings.

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You can visit his site at http://www.deanatta.co.uk/dean-atta

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He was interviewed on the radio over here last night. I am always suspicious of people who call themselves poets, there's no special qualification, anyone with a grasp of the language can have a crack at it.

Anyway he moved me from mildly suspicious to big fan in the space of about five minutes with a lot of self deprecating humour and all round pleasantness. His stuff is serious but he seems not to take himself to seriously, so a sound bloke all round.

Have to admit, though, that I find poetry in general difficult.

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Cardigan, I'm not sure he calls himself a poet so much as others call him a poet... He's got some serious stuff to say, indeed. I liked his humour too. Don't worry about poetry, you can sometimes just enjoy the flow of words, like in a song.