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    British writer and poet

    Roger Joseph McGough is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children’s author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry.

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    About the Roger McGough

    Roger Joseph McGough is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children’s author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society.

    10 Quotes by Roger McGough

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      If I decide to be indecisive, that’s my decision.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don’t have to tell anyone you’re doing it.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      I’m terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      I wish the word whimsical wasn’t used now.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      I was put off by people at school – my cabbage wasn’t as good as other people’s, you know, so that put me off.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      We shouldn’t have got married, really. Shouldn’t have got married. Too young. Not ready for it.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there – not because you’ve done a comedy performance but because you’re talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet

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      People can put their best poems straight onto the web.

      Roger McGough

      British writer and poet