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Roger Mcgough

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Some Poems

Cake

Cake
i wanted one life
you wanted another
we couldn't have our cake
so we ate eachother.

Goodbat Nightman

Goodbat Nightman
God bless all policemen
and fighters of crime,
May thieves go to jail
for a very long time.
They've had a hard day
helping clean up the town,
Now they hang from the mantelpiece
both upside down.
A glass of warm blood
and then straight up the stairs,
Batman and Robin
are saying their prayers.
* * *
They've locked all the doors
and they've put out the bat,
Put on their batjamas
(They like doing that)
They've filled their batwater-bottles
made their batbeds,
With two springy battresses
for sleepy batheads.
They're closing red eyes
and they're counting black sheep,
Batman and Robin
are falling asleep.
Cake
i wanted one life
you wanted another
we couldn't have our cake
so we ate eachother.

Beguiling

Beguiling
She is so beguiling
That when she beckons
I can run a mile
In twenty seconds.

Q

Q
I join the queue
We move up nicely.
I ask the lady in front
What are we queuing for.
'To join another queue,'
She explains.
'How pointless,' I say,
'I'm leaving.' She points
To another long queue.
'Then you must get in line.'
I join the queue.
We move up nicely.

The Leader

The Leader
I wanna be the leader
I wanna be the leader
Can I be the leader?
Can I? I can?
Promise? Promise?
Yippee I'm the leader
I'm the leader
OK what shall we do?
The Leader
I wanna be the leader
I wanna be the leader
Can I be the leader?
Can I? I can?
Promise? Promise?
Yippee I'm the leader
I'm the leader
OK what shall we do?

Let Me Die a Youngman's Death

Let Me Die a Youngman's Death
Let me die a youngman's death
not a clean and inbetween
the sheets holywater death
not a famous-last-words
peaceful out of breath death
When I'm
and in constant good tumour
may I be mown down at dawn
by a bright red sports car
on my way home
from an allnight party
Or when I'm
with silver hair
and sitting in a barber's chair
may rival gangsters
with hamfisted tommyguns burst in
and give me a short back and insides
Or when I'm
and banned from the Cavern
may my mistress
catching me in bed with her daughter
and fearing for her son
cut me up into little pieces
and throw away every piece but one
Let me die a youngman's death
not a free from sin tiptoe in
candle wax and waning death
not a curtains drawn by angels borne
'what a nice way to go' death

The Time I Like Best

The Time I Like Best
The time I like best is am
when the snow is inches deep
which I'm yet to discover
'cause I'm under the covers
fast, fast asleep.

Survivor

Survivor
Everyday,
I think about dying.
About disease, starvation,
violence, terrorism, war,
the end of the world.
It helps
keep my mind off things.
Roger McGough - Tomorrow Has Your Name on It
Roger McGough reads 'The Sound Collector'
The Cats' Protection League by Roger McGough
Poetry | Roger McGough interview | Liverpool Poet | Fusion | 1971
Roger McGough - Why is poetry important?
Roger McGough - How do you go about writing your poetry
Roger McGough - The Lost Lost Property Office
Roger McGough - What advice would you give to young poets?
Mafia Cats by Roger McGough
Roger McGough reads his poem about Beatles star Sir Paul...
Roger McGough reads his poem "Let Me Die a Youngman's Death"
Afternoon Tea with... Roger McGough
Roger McGough - How do you work on your poems?
Roger McGough - Poetry Pie
Roger McGough, Learning To Read and Greek Tragedy
Roger McGough reads 'The Tofu-Eating Tiger'
Roger McGough reads 'A Fine Romance'
The Identification: Roger McGough's Poem Inspired by Tragedy | BBC Archive Presents...
Almost Liverpool 8 - Roger McGough
Roger McGough's Global Scouse Day Poem
U24 The Hair Fairy by Roger McGough 1
"The Way Things Are" by Roger McGough (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
The Hair Fairy by Rodger McGough
Poetry | Roger McGough | Poet | Open house with Gloria Hunniford | 1999
Roger McGough reading M.I.L.T
U24 The Hair Fairy by Roger McGough (75th Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival)
Roger McGough reads his poem "My Cat and I"
Sebald Lecture 2016: Roger McGough
Roger McGough - The Power of Poets
Roger McGough & The Little Machine - The Ginsberg Skeleton
Roger McGough Reads From Crocodile Tears
Roger McGough - The Lesson
The Lesson // Roger McGough
The Hair Fairy by Roger McGough P3 Girls (75th Hong Kong School Speech Festival)
Roger McGough - Alternative Santa
POEM OF THE WEEK | THE SOUND COLLECTOR by Roger McGough 😊 Read by Miss Ellis 💛
The Sound Collector poem (SONG) by Roger McGough, Gulmohar, ICSE Class 3, Lessons For Kiddos 2021
Let Me Die A Young Man's Death // Roger McGough
Roger McGough "Sky in the Pie!"
Roger McGough - What poems do you remember from your childhood?
Clarence's Quest - by Roger McGough CBE
Roger McGough - Quiet Zone
First Day At School by Roger McGough
Roger McGough - How should poetry be used in the classroom?
Roger McGough - The Leader - Eurythmy performance
'Love later life' a poem by Roger McGough | Age UK
Learn/Practice English with POEMS - Title: The Lesson BY Roger Mcgough
Roger McGough - Clerihews
"Survivor," by Roger McGough
The Midnight Skaters, written by Roger McGough, and read by Andrew Cullimore and Sarah Hamilton.

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