Pucko Poetry

PUCKO POETRY PUCKO POETRY Published Price: £8.99 ISBN: 0947638555 Published By: Akira Press Publications Limited Publication Date: 09 September 2005 Format: Paperback, 64pages, 19.8cm height Category: works by individual poets: from c 1900 Category: poetry anthologies: from c 1900 Category: indo-european languages Languages: English Series: Akira Press Poetry Series. Volume: No. 12 Availability: This title is ordered upon request, usually dispatched within 7 Days Author Information Desmond FAADA Johnson was born in Kingston Jamaica in 1962. In 1984 Desmond FAADA Johnson published his first collection of poems DEADLY ENDING SEASON (Akira Press Publications) and completed a Dub Poetry Album - Pucko Music in 2003. FAADA Johnson has taught in many schools, colleges, universities, community groups, and worked as Ethnic Advisor to Westminster Council, promoting African consciousness and African Caribbean Literature, Music and Culture. Pucko Poetry is his first full length collection for 19 years. Synopsis The poems are written from a new and powerful poetic form called "Cuss Poems". Pucko Poetry is influence by the oratory and potency of the Pocomina Churches in Jamaica.