Roger McGough

Following The Mersey Sound: Penguin Modern Poets 10, published in 1967 and a bestseller ever since, Roger McGough has continued to extend his range to become one of the leading lights of British poetry for children and adults alike. The State of Poetry is a selection of his shorter, more playful comic poems.

Summer with Monika is an honest and touching portrait of a romance, charting the progress of a love affair from the delicious intimacy of the honeymoon, with the milk bottles turning to cheese on the doorstep, through the stage of quarrels, jealousy, recriminations and boredom, to the point where love is as nice as a cup of tea in bed.Re-issued for its 50th anniversary, Summer with Monika is a hidden gem of British love poetry featuring beautiful illustrations from Childrens Laureate Chris Riddell.

Wouldnt it be funny if you didnt have a nose? The brilliant and clever Roger McGough asks this and other important questions in this marvellous collection. He also tells you exactly when to cut your fingernails, how to have a real pillow fight and what happens when a burp escapes!

Waiter, theres a sky in my pie!Roger McGough has cooked up a delicious feast of poems. This spicy collection contains only the finest ingredients - wit, sparkle and thought-provoking insight from a very superior source. Get ready to have your tastebuds tickled!Warning: some poems will make you choke with laughter, some need to be chewed very carefully.

A wonderful selection of over 100 of Rogers own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.

Roger McGough and Brian Patten have selected the very best of their animal poems in order to help two loveable monsters from outer space who visit Earth in search of a pet and need a bit of guidance...Split into sections, the monsters are introduced to animals that fly, swim, crawl and purr by two of our greatest childrens poets. Illustrated in Guy Parker-Rees lively and intimitable style.

If Philosophy is the Why?And Science is the How?Then Poetry is the Wow!In this stunning, brand-new volume, youll discover poems about poems, poems about life, poems about kangaroos and chameleons and caterpillars (though not in the same verse) and many more. This touching and thought-provoking collection will make you laugh, cry, or simply say Wow!

¿Te has preguntado alguna vez cómo tuesta el pan la tostadora?¿Sabes como enfría la nevera?¿O cómo funciona el camión de la basura? En este divertido libro, la imaginación desbordante de la protagonista contrasta con las explicaciones tecnicas del perro Dodo que le cuenta de forma muy sencilla, como funcionan de verdad una serie de aparatos

The patron saint of poetry Carol Ann Duffy For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his very best work, from the Mersey-soaked sound of his quintessential Sixties start, through to tender meditations on fatherhood and family, and on to political sendups, pandemic playfulness and brilliant new writing. Here, then, is an unmatched store of warmth, wisdom and feeling from Britains most beloved poet.McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddingsTime Out

As Far as I Know is a wonderful new book of poems by Roger McGough, the nations favourite poetTake comfort from this You have a book in your hand not a loaded gun or a parking fine or an invitation card to the wedding of the one you should have marriedRoger McGoughs new book of poems shows him writing as fluently and inventively as ever. There may be a stronger strain of melancholy than before (the death of a regular in the local pub; the news that a daughter might be moving abroad), as well as a distinct sense of menace, small but insistent, which inhabits many of the poems. But there is plenty of McGoughs characteristic wit and wordplay too, including a scintillating series of haiku inspired by a London tube strike and a striking reworking of his famous 1960s poem Let Me Die a Youngmans Death, this time entitled Not For Me a Youngmans Death. Who but McGough would characterize the butchers window as the friendly face of the abattoir, or imagine the almost limitless ways in which we might go to bed?A new book of poems by Roger McGough is always an event. Published just ahead of his 75th birthday, As Far As I Know is truly cause for celebration.The patron saint of poetry Carol Ann DuffyRoger McGough was born in Liverpool. During the 1960s he was a member of the group Scaffold which had an international hit with Lily the Pink. He has won two BAFTAs and a Royal Television Award for his broadcasting work, and presents the popular Radio 4 programme Poetry Please. He has published many books of poems for adults and children, and both his Collected Poems (2003) and Selected Poems (2006) are bestselling poetry titles on the Penguin list. He was made a Freeman of the City of Liverpool in 2001, and received a CBE in 2004 for his services to literature.

Roger McGough is one of Britains best-loved poets, and something of a national institution. His name is ubiquitous with matter-of-fact Scouse humour, easy-going charm, and perfect observations of the idiosyncrasies of everyday life, whether you know him from his poetry, or from his regular broadcasts on television or radio. Roger first rose to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop group The Scaffold, who had two number one hits - Thank U Very Much and Lily The Pink. He began his poetry career performing with The Grimms, alongside fellow Liverpool poets Adrian Henri and Brian Patten, with whom he went on to publish The Mersey Sound, which remains the biggest-selling British poetry book ever.This is his autobiography - and like the best of his poetry it is packed full of hilarious observations, unbelievable stories, nostalgic reminiscences and bittersweet tales of love, life and loss. From his memories of growing up in Liverpool, playing in bombed out houses as a young boy, to the skiffle-crazed days of his adolescence, through to his time at university - and his meetings there with Larkin. He explores his sudden, almost overnight fame and success with Mike McCartney et all in The Scaffold, as well as his time working with George Martin, and co-writing the Yellow Submarine film script for the Beatles, through his international touring days, to the present. He certainly has many a story to tell about meeting some fascinating characters: Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Marlon Brando, Alan Ginsberg, Pete McCarthy and Salman Rushdie all appear amongst others, but its his sheer story-telling nous, and his gift for observing the minutia of everyday life, and to completely capture a moment in time which sets this apart from other books. His life story is one that will be universally identifiable to those who grew up with him - who embraced the verve and irreverence of the sixties, only to end up as slightly embittered romantic cynics. This is done here in the most funny, poignant, bittersweet, and melancholic autobiography you will read this year - a man whose hugely popular take on it all resonates with honesty and humour.

In this evocative and personal collection of poems Roger McGough comes to terms with painful memories as well as confronting fears that are universal. Here he remembers his father in Squaring Up and Alphabet Soup; observes the eccentricities of contemporary life in The City of London Tour; gives insights into human feeling with the surreal Your Favourite Hat and the moving elegy Defying Gravity; and muses on writing itself with Word Trap and The Darling Buds of Maybe. There are even witty poems dedicated to the chemical elements. Blending the everyday and the magical, his verses sparkle with verbal dexterity, irreverent humour, irony and heartfelt compassion.

An updated selection of Roger McGoughs finest, best-loved verse. The complete span of McGoughs writing, from the 1960s to the new millennium, is represented. McGoughs trademarks: the craft worn as lightly as the crown, the jokes that are something more, the underlying heartache, the acute sense of the way time slips away Ian McMillan, Poetry Review McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddings Time Out

Roger McGough is one of Britains best loved poets and this collection charts [his] passage from youthful exuberance to the wry reflection of his later years. What remains the same throughout the 40 years is the poets winning wit, accessibility and abiding readability Independent ----------------------------------Time has confirmed ... that McGoughs talent was much more substantial than many of his long-forgotten detractors suspected. If he was a pop poet it was not in any ephemeral sense. A shy extrovert ... he has given voice to poetry and found a voice of his own which is humourful, introspective, irreverent, easy on the ear, conversational. It is also memorable and enduring and fresh. Age has not withered [his lines] nor diminished their potency. Of how much modern poetry can you say that? Sunday Herald

This is not the time for adultery.Your lover will fail to be impressed,not so much by the face maskand stale musk of sanitizing gel,but your flouting of the rules.At once funny and moving, Safety in Numbers is the new collection from the nations favourite poet. Traversing new yet timeless terrain with his signature wit and intimacy, Roger McGough brings to life the very strangeness of our timesFrom lost tongues and violins to rising oceans, from adulterers in lockdown to ghosts in line, we may live in dark times and yet find ourselves laughing. From surprising angles and with unexpected voices, McGough, a trickster you can trust, reveals the telling moments of our lives._______________PRAISE FOR ROGER MCGOUGHA witty and ingenious chronicler of British life with a deftness and agility that is hard to beatPoetry SocietyThe patron saint of poetryCarol Ann Duffy McGough has done for poetry what champagne does for weddingsTime Out