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Roger Joseph McGough CBE FRSL (/ m ə ˈ ɡ ɒ f /; born 9 November 1937) 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.
The Mersey Sound is an anthology of poems by Liverpool poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri first published in 1967, when it launched the poets into "considerable acclaim and critical fame". [1] It went on to sell over 500,000 copies, becoming one of the bestselling poetry anthologies of all time.
Alan Bleasdale said, "The poetry of Henri, Patten and McGough has stayed with me for 35 years. The beauty is its accessibility." [6] Roger McGough in a 2019 interview said, "I like to think that young poets on Merseyside will see me as one of their own, a poet they can get along with." [citation needed]
Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a British poet and painter [1] best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough.
Thomas Kinsella, Nightwalker, and Other Poems [30] George MacBeth, The Colour of Blood; Hugh MacDiarmid, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve; a Scot: A Lap of Honour, with some poems "previously almost unobtainable" [4] Collected Poems, a revised edition; Roger McGough, Frinck: A Day in the Life Of; and Summer with Monica [30] Leslie Norris ...
Poet Laureate of Kentucky Silas House recites a poem during the second inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear at the capitol in Frankfort, Ky, December 12, 2023. (Silas Walker/swalker@herald-leader.com)
He left school at fifteen and began work for The Bootle Times writing a column on popular music. At age 18, he moved to Paris, where he lived rough for a time, earning money by writing poems in chalk on the pavements. [3] Together with the other two Liverpool poets, Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, Patten published The Mersey Sound in 1967.
The current presenter is Roger McGough, himself a poet. Performers regularly include some of the top names in British acting, such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Prunella Scales and Timothy West. The programme marked its 40th year in 2019 and is known to be the longest running poetry programme broadcast anywhere in the world. [citation needed]