Apr 14, 2005 • 1 min read

Benjamin Zephaniah writes poem about The Osbournes

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah has written a poem about the Osbourne family to mark the final episode of their MTV reality show.

And talking of poetry, which we were a while back, Poet **Benjamin

Zephaniah has written a poem about The Osbourne family in honour of the last episode of the family's reality TV show, which will be broadcast on MTV** this Sunday.

"I thought it was only fitting to put pen to paper and write them a fitting ode," said the Birmingham born Zephaniah, "The challenge was to write a poem about a family that has become an alternative institution without it sounding too worthy, Ozzy's not just the Prince of Darkness, but he's bona fide Brummy royalty too."

"On the night I wrote the poem I was thinking about all the things that I loved and how much I would miss them if they went,"

he added.

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