Roger Mcgough
Who is Roger Mcgough
Roger Joseph McGough (; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society.
Early life
McGough was born in Litherland, Lancashire, on the outskirts of Liverpool, to Roger Francis, a docker, and Mary (McGarry) McGough. His ancestry is Irish and he was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. He was a pupil at St Mary's Colleg...
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Roger Mcgough Poems
- First Day At School
A millionbillionwillion miles from home
Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)
Why are they all so big, other children?
So noisy? So much at home they
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- The Lesson
Chaos ruled OK in the classroom
as bravely the teacher walked in
the nooligans ignored him
his voice was lost in the din
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- Mrs Moon
Mrs Moon
sitting up in the sky
little old lady
rock-a-bye
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- Survivor
Everyday,
I think about dying.
About disease, starvation,
violence, terrorism, war,
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- The Identification
So you think its Stephen?
Then I'd best make sure
Be on the safe side as it were.
Ah, theres been a mistake. The hair
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- Welfordwrites: first day at school, a poem by roger mcgough. the poet gets inside the mind of a very young child in a brand-new environment.
- Motivazer: i have outlived my youthfulness, so a quiet life for me. where once i used to scintillate, now i sin 'til ten past three. - roger mcgough
- Redrosa91940184: the discredited jack straw tried to fête condaleeza rice in our city- we recognised them as war criminals- rice was responsible for abu graib and guantanamo-even roger mcgough and mccartney failed to rub shoulders with them it was a disaster- straw got the sack shortly after - ha
- Welfordwrites: goodbat nightman, a poem by roger mcgough. a comic poem that parodies both batman and a a milne.
- Mikehaskins11: the great vivian stanshall would have been 80 years old today. here with andy roberts, mike mccartney, brian patten, roger mcgough, neil innes and john gorman in grimms - very much the justice league of comedians, poets and musicians
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