There’s the moon trying to look romanticMoon’s too old that’s her troubleAren’t we all? — Roger McGough
Everyday I think about dying About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the — Roger McGough
Let me die a youngman’s death not a clean and in-between- the-sheets, holy-water death. — Roger McGough
I could never begin a poem: ‘When I am dead’ In case it tempted Fate, and Fate gave way. — Roger McGough
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
If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there — Roger McGough
We shouldn’t have got married, really. Shouldn’t have got married. Too young. Not ready for it. — Roger McGough
Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don’t have to tell anyone you’re doing it. — Roger McGough
