Benjamin Zephaniah Poems

Benjamin Zephaniah is a British writer who won the BBC Young Playwright’s Award and received honorary doctorates from several universities in the United Kingdom. His work was included in The Times list of 50 best post-war writers. Zephaniah has also released volumes of his music. 

Everybody Is Doing It

by Benjamin Zephaniah

‘Everybody Is Doing It’ by Benjamin Zephaniah is a poem that, at first glance, would seem to describe a series of “dance[s]” that occur across the globe.

In Hawaii they Hula

They Tango in Argentina

They Reggae in Jamaica

And they Rumba down in Cuba,