Roger McGough
Poet and broadcaster
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 deathFrom ‘Let Me Die a Youngman’s Death’ in Blazing Fruit (London: Penguin, 1990)
not a free from sin tiptoe in
candle wax and waning death
Like tiny chauffeurs, the mosquitoes will soon arriveFrom ‘Ex Patria’ in Defying Gravity (London: Penguin, 1992)
and drive us home. ...
Roger McGough
by Michael Birt
bromide print on card mount, 1 March 1984
NPG x23473
© Michael Birt
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