When the busstopped suddenly to avoiddamaging a mother and child in the road, theyounglady in the greenhat sitting oppositewas thrown across me, and not being one tomiss an opportunity i started to makelove. The cats protection league poem by roger mcgough rhymings. This essay is going to compare and distinguish those similarities and differences between these two poems. Not only is it well written but far from the crude poem that people keep commenting on it is a rebellion against what society expects of him in his ld age. The two poets present this theme in clearly different ways. Its their perceptions regarding how life ought to be lived as well as the ways that people make choices and specific lifestyle choices in which their messages. When im 73 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.
Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office at 26 red lion square london wc1r 4hq. May they fetch and carry, clean and scrub and do so cheerfully. Lets enjoy the poem the cats protection league written by poet roger mcgough on rhymings. Mcgough, hailed as the patron saint of british poetry, talks about a. Reprinted by permission of pfd on behalf of michael rosen. With a walkin bath and lift installed at great expensetheirs. Poet roger mcgough, all poems of roger mcgough and best poem of roger mcgough, hisher biography, comments and quotations.
Let them take it in turns at putting me up nice sunny rooms at the top of the stairs. Mcgough wrote the lyrics for many of the groups songs and also recorded the musical comedypoetry album mcgough and mcgear. How do the speakers ideas about death develop in the first line of each. When im 73and in constant good tumour,may i be mown down at dawnby a bright red sports caron my way homefrom an all night party. Roger mcgough project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
It brings together some of the most complex forms of writing in the english language. Roger mcgough brian patten british poets of our time. Mcgough has been nicknamed the patron saint of poetry by carol ann duffy. I cant help including it, since it does give a different view of something that preoccupies me. Mar 12, 2008 this poem is by australian poet roger mcgough. Roger mcgough at lunchtime a story of love, from the mersey sound 1967. He believed that individuals can live in happiness, strengthened by the continuing experience of modest pleasures. I have a rendezvous with death at some disputed barricade, when spring comes back with rustling shade and appleblossoms fill the air. This website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. This is probably roger mcgoughs best known poem and although i dont agree at all with the sentiments.
Please write your comment and click submit your comment button. Somewhere around 300 bc, the greek philosopher, epicuros wrote that, the art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Geoffrey posted the text to this poem on his facebook page after writing about his aging parents. Its often the best part of my day, sitting down and writing up a post here. Some of his verse forms are said to be influenced by his habit of writing song lyrics. Mcgough was born in litherland, lancashire, to the north of liverpool, the city with which he is firmly associated, and was educated at the university of hull at a time when philip larkin was the librarian there. Aug 12, 2006 this is probably roger mcgoughs best known poem and although i dont agree at all with the sentiments. Be it living towards a better future or living in such a way that is different from the social norms of society. Discretion is the better part of valerie though all of her is nice. Exaggeration is used for effect in this poem, the hyperbolical quality of the stanzas making the poem funny and lighthearted. Returning to merseyside in the early 1960s, he worked as a teacher and, with john gorman, organised arts events. On one hand, do not go gentle into that good night is an allusion. His poem is best realized when mcgough reads the piece out loud.
O lord, let me be a burden on my children for long theyve been a burden upon me. Poetry is an art form that has often been highly regarded. Roger joseph mcgough cbe, frsl is an english poet, performance poet, broadcaster. In performance poetry, the way the poet read his work gives important insight. After meeting mike mcgear the trio formed the scaffold, working the.