Collected Poems - Hardcover

McGough, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670914444 ISBN 13: 9780670914449

Publisher: Viking, 2003

Synopsis

Here at last is the culmination of over 40 years of popular poetry. Roger McGough is one of Britain's best loved poets and in this collection of poems he brings together for the first time works from Watchwords, Summer with Monika, Sporting Relations, Everyday Eclipses, and many more. Set out thematically, these poems read as 'a prism of a life', chronicling human experience at its funniest and most poignant.

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Review:

He is a true original and more than one generation would be much the poorer without him (The Times)

A dazzling, eclectic collection (Liverpool Echo)

Time has confirmed ... that McGough's talent was much more substantial than many of his long-forgotten detractors suspected. If he was a pop poet it was not in any ephemeral sense. A shy extrovert ... he has given voice to poetry and found a voice of his own which is humourful, introspective, irreverent, easy on the ear, conversational. It is also memorable and enduring and fresh. Age has not withered [his lines] nor diminished their potency. Of how much modern poetry can you say that? (Sunday Herald)

McGough has done for British poetry what champagne does for weddings (Time Out)

About the Author:

Roger McGough was born in Liverpool, the son of a docker, and attended Hull University. In the 60s he had a brief flirtation with the pop world as a member of the Scaffold. He has been one of Britain's most popular poets for over 40 years, and has written many books for children and adults. His Selected Poems, entitled Blazing Fruit, is a bestselling poetry title on the Penguin backlist. He lives in Barnes, south-west London, with his wife and two youngest children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0670914444
• ISBN 13: 9780670914449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432