Talk:John Agard

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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

I Agree All it says is"john agard is a jolly guy". Come on like, There isn't even any capital letters or full stops and that like Pre-school stuff. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.151.20.121 (talk) 11:18, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But it is still a little good — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.151.20.121 (talk) 11:25, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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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The article says he was in GCSE poetry books from 2002, but I studied ‘Half-Caste in GCSE English some couple of years before I finished school in 2000, that would have been 1998-2000. It also featured carol ann duffy’s ‘valentine’ 51.9.4.234 (talk) 22:53, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]