The State of Poetry (Pocket Penguins)
8 journalers for this copy...
This is the replacement book for my bookring - the first one escaped from the envelope in transit!
Welcome to the Bookring for The State of Poetry: Roger McGough
Member \ Location (Ring posted 27 May 2005)
:-) UrbanSpaceman \ UK
:-) redhouse \ UK
:-) loopy1 \ UK
:-) MoKa \ UK
:-) scaree \ UK
:-) GlitterLover \ UK
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Member \ Location (Ring posted 27 May 2005)
:-) UrbanSpaceman \ UK
:-) redhouse \ UK
:-) loopy1 \ UK
:-) MoKa \ UK
:-) scaree \ UK
:-) GlitterLover \ UK
<-- Book has returned safely home! Thanks for participating!
Small Print
:-) If you wish to be added to the list, please PM me with your details.
:-) You must be prepared to mail internationally.
:-) The bookring will kick off once we have 5 members.
:-) PM the next person on the list for their address, then send the book.
:-) It's not a race, but please read and send the book on as soon as you can.
:-) Please journal the book once you have received it (so we all know where it is) and again when you have read it (so we know what you thought of it!)
:-) If you're the last person on the list, the book comes back to me.
Just got back in to work after a week away and this was waiting for me (together with an Earl Grey tea bag which is steeping as I type - thanks Helen!). I'm off on my travels again in two days, so I expect to send this on in a week or so.
A wonderful books of verses. As usual, McGough is playful, witty, amusing and, occasionally, poignant. I may get a copy of this for myself. Thanks to n-c-o-t.
Will send this onto Redhouse once I have the address.
(PS - Just to record the book's travels, it has been to Istanbul and back while with me).
Will send this onto Redhouse once I have the address.
(PS - Just to record the book's travels, it has been to Istanbul and back while with me).
Posted to Redhouse today, Monday 20 June.
Arrived yestarday. Thanks so much. I am a great fan of Roger McGough and enjoyed this little book very much.
My favourite?
Uncle Jed
Uncle Jed
Durham bred
raced pigeons
for money
He died
a poor man
however
as the pigeons
were invariably
too quick for him.
My favourite?
Uncle Jed
Uncle Jed
Durham bred
raced pigeons
for money
He died
a poor man
however
as the pigeons
were invariably
too quick for him.
This was waiting on the doorstep for me when I got back from the school run this morning - not sure why; my letterbox isn't that small!
I've already dipped into it several times. I've found several poems to make me chuckle and one or two that have made me think, like
Away from you
I feel a great emptiness
A gnawing loneliness
With you
I get the reassuring feeling
of wanting to escape.
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this, thanks!
I've already dipped into it several times. I've found several poems to make me chuckle and one or two that have made me think, like
Away from you
I feel a great emptiness
A gnawing loneliness
With you
I get the reassuring feeling
of wanting to escape.
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this, thanks!
I've really enjoyed this book of poems - deceptively simple, yet very entertaining and some very thought-provoking.
I'll be sending it on as soon as I can, thanks!
I'll be sending it on as soon as I can, thanks!
This arrived at the weekend and I was temporarily without internet connection. This meant I had time to read it, but couldn't journal it. Will send it on this weekend. I really enjoyed it. I'd heard some of Roger McGough's poetry before but this is the first time I'd sat down to read any. The Pocket Penguin edition was a great way to get a taste for it; I'll go in search of more McGough Stuff now. :)
CAUGHT IN GLASGOW SCOTLAND UK
CAUGHT IN GLASGOW SCOTLAND UK
Ack! I wasn't logged in. The JE above was mine!
Have ordered my own copy, plus Watchwords, which was the very first book of Mr McGough's poems that I had out of the local library when I was still at school.
I renewed that book so many times they had to put in a new sticky label.
Had this been around at the same time, I'd have done the same.
Lady Godiva.
Here lies Lady Godiva
She didn't wear a bra
or knickers iva.
Off to glitterlover ;)
EDIT - this was posted to Glitter lover at the end of October, once I had her address. Will check with the post office as a couple of other items went astray at around that time.
I renewed that book so many times they had to put in a new sticky label.
Had this been around at the same time, I'd have done the same.
Lady Godiva.
Here lies Lady Godiva
She didn't wear a bra
or knickers iva.
Off to glitterlover ;)
EDIT - this was posted to Glitter lover at the end of October, once I had her address. Will check with the post office as a couple of other items went astray at around that time.
I think this little book has well and truly got lost in the post :-( Does anyone have a spare copy so that the last participant Glitterlover can read it? Cheers Helen
IT TURNED UP! Hooorah. I had received it but so slim couldn't find it anywhere I looked. I have just uncovered it. So pleased and relaly sorry fo the confusion.
Meanwhile what a fantastic little book. He is a gem!
There are fascists
There are
fascists
pretending
to be
humanitarians
like
cannibals
on a health kick
eating only
vegetarians.
Meanwhile what a fantastic little book. He is a gem!
There are fascists
There are
fascists
pretending
to be
humanitarians
like
cannibals
on a health kick
eating only
vegetarians.
<-- Book has returned safely home! Thanks to everyone for participating!
