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Lucky by Roger McGough

Posted by j-bar03 on 5th July 2012

Roger McGough is one of Britain’s best-loved poets.  He is known for his performance poetry and his latest offering, Lucky, does not disappoint. As you might expect for the man described as the ‘Patron Saint of Poetry’ (by Carol Ann Duffy), the collection of poems bursts with wit, wordplay and the occasional flash of wisdom. [...]

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What Rhymes with Sneeze by Roger Stevens

Posted by j-bar03 on 21st February 2012

What Rhymes with Sneeze is one of these very clever books which manages to be both silly and serious at the same time. The book is divided into two sections with the first explaining what rhyme is and describing different types of poems (e.g. “Clerihews” – 4-line celebrity poems  that must rhyme in a,a, b, [...]

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