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The State of Poetry

ISBN: 9780141022529

出版社: Penguin Books

出版年: 2005

定价: UK￡ 1.5

内容简介

Just a glimpse of one or two piece of his poems and you will soon fall in love with him:

"Cake"

I wanted one life

you wanted another

we couldn't have our cake

so we ate eachother.

"There are fascists"

There are

fascists

pretending

to be humanitarians

like

cannibals

on a health kick

eating only

vegetarians.

作者简介

Roger McGough is probably by far one of the most famous contemporary English poet. His exceptionally good sense of humor is clearly reflected in his poetry, with a spark of wit. He has won numerous awards over the years and awards are listed below:

1984 Signal Poetry Award Sky in the Pie

1985 BAFTA (film) Kurt, Mungo, BP and Me

1993 BAFTA (film) The Elements

1993 Royal Television Society Award (film) The Elements

1997 OBE

1999 Cholmondeley Award

1999 Signal Poetry Award Bad, Bad Cats