Anger Quote by Linton Kwesi Johnson

“Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.” quote by Linton Kwesi Johnson — Download Open image

“Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.”

Linton Kwesi Johnson

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