Roger McGough

Poet and broadcaster

    Roger McGough,    by Michael Birt,    1 March 1984,    NPG x23473,    © Michael Birt Roger McGough, by Michael Birt, 1 March 1984, NPG x23473, © Michael Birt

One of the Mersey Poets included in The Mersey Sound anthology, author of ‘Let Me Die a Young Man’s Death’.

Let me die a youngman’s death
not a free from sin tiptoe in
candle wax and waning death

From ‘Let Me Die a Youngman’s Death’ in Blazing Fruit (London: Penguin, 1990)

Like tiny chauffeurs, the mosquitoes will soon arrive
and drive us home. ...

From ‘Ex Patria’ in Defying Gravity (London: Penguin, 1992)