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Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze performs her celebrated ‘Simple Tings’ poem and talks about its origins. simple tings by Jean 'Binta' Breeze (for Miss Adlyn and Aunt Vida) de simple tings of life, mi dear de simple tings of life she rocked the rhythms in her chair brushed a hand across her hair miles of travel in her stare de simple tings of life ah hoe mi corn an de backache gone plant mi peas arthritis ease de simple tings of life leaning back she wiped an eye read the rain signs in the sky evening’s ashes in a fireside de simple tings of life From: Third World Girl (Bloodaxe Books, 2011)
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