tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post113197549148216605..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: Roger McGoughRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1132097778134479592005-11-15T23:36:00.000+00:002005-11-15T23:36:00.000+00:00Yes, 'The Lesson' is good fun. Thanks for the link...Yes, 'The Lesson' is good fun. Thanks for the link, Heather. I like Roger McGough. He's not my favourite poet, but he has written some very good poems and he sounds like a good guy. <BR/><BR/>He also helps to bring quality, accessible poetry to places where it isn't normally heard.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1132039497602495282005-11-15T07:24:00.000+00:002005-11-15T07:24:00.000+00:00I enjoyed the interview as well. His view on child...I enjoyed the interview as well. His view on children's poetic sensibility' was one I appreciate and know to be true:<BR/><BR/>"They [children] make disparate links, in the way Aristotle says; they see things that we don't normally see. They make connections all the time, and the way they use words, 'Dad, the candle's crying.' And we say, 'No, the candle isn't crying; the candle isn't crying, it's the molecules agitated by the heat ...' There's no time for daydreaming, no time for letting your mind wander, in a way, to see where it goes ..."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting a link to the article. After I read it I decided to track down some of McGough's poetry. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6667&poem=32212" REL="nofollow">This one</A> is violent, and punny, but pretty clever. In the end, I decided I liked it.Heather O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791710254475562860noreply@blogger.com