BBC ran "A picture of Birmingham" by BZ after Question time. On catch up if you would like to seeNice tribute at the end of BBC Question Time tonight by Fiona Bruce…BZ who appeared several times on the programme, was a tremendous bloke. RIP
I met Benjamin many years ago at an event at our local library. He was incredible both as a poet and as a human being. The verse pjmburns quotes is part of a long and compassionate poem about the treatment of turkeys. Benjamin was a strong supporter and activist for animal welfafe and a long time vegan - something which is rarely mentionedf by the media and which was very important to him. I love his poetry - he will be missed.Sad news. RIP Enjoy the start of his poem "Turkeys" - apt for the time of year.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fugan from thege o
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
They are also planting 65 trees in his memory (one for each year of his life).
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Benjamin Zephaniah: Newtown park forest plan to remember poet
His family want to plant 65 trees in Newtown to honour the poet who died in December, aged 65.www.google.co.uk
Almost £19,000 has been collected so far.