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
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 … - Roger Mcgough
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 …
- Roger Mcgough
by thus keeping one pace ahead of myself I need never catch up with the truth. - Roger Mcgough
by thus keeping one pace ahead of myself I need never catch up with the truth.
Do people who wave at trains Wave at the driver, or at the train itself? Or, do people who wave at trains Wave at the passengers? Those hurtling stra… - Roger Mcgough
Do people who wave at trains Wave at the driver, or at the train itself? Or, do people who wave at trains Wave at the passengers? Those hurtling stra…
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 beca… - Roger Mcgough
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 beca…
I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems - Roger Mcgough
I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems
You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals. - Roger Mcgough
You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.
If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision. - Roger Mcgough
If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.
If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it. - Roger Mcgough
If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.
Everyday I think about dying About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things. - Roger Mcgough
Everyday I think about dying About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things.
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