[Revisited] The joys of non-standard English

A look at Listen Mr Oxford Don, by John Agard

I originally published this nearly a year ago, when I didn’t have as many subscribers as I do now, so I thought people who have ‘joined’ since then might enjoy this, especially the video of the poet performing the poem referred to.

Clapham Common Photo by Ewan Munro CC BY-SA 2.0

Every so often some so-called educator, or a politician who thinks they know …