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john agard is a jolly guy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.212.10.49 (talk) 20:31, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is rubbish there is not enough == information We need the names of his parents and where they are from Find out more about his life

poetry

John Agard was a poet who used a very unusually type of poetry. Because he comes from the Caribbean, he uses English words but changes them. For instance, instead of "this" he would say "dis". Fatfeeto

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-John Agard was a poet who used a very unusually type of poetry. Because he comes from the Caribbean, he uses English words but changes them. For instance, instead of "this" he would say "dis".
+John Agard was a poet who used a very unusually type of poetry. Because he comes from the Caribbean, he uses English words but changes them. For instance, instead of "this" he would say "dis". Fatfeeto
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