(November 9 - 1937 / Liverpool / England)

poet Roger McGough
#55 on top 500 poets

Cake


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  • Ingeborg Von Finsterwalde (11/10/2012 8:18:00 AM)

    Now I understand why we say; You can't have your cake and eat it. Wonderful sense of humor...

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  • Cynthia Buhain-Baello (2/29/2012 7:39:00 AM)

    Lovely, I like the poem's with and humor.

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  • Tanya Nik (2/8/2010 12:20:00 PM)

    It's really... Genius. I don't have another words to explain my feelings)

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  • David Woods (3/16/2009 4:36:00 PM)

    Spike Milligan - very

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  • Anna Russell (2/22/2006 7:25:00 AM)

    I agree with Ian. Many of us have been here and it sums up an impossible situation beautifully.
    Hugs
    Anna xxx

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  • Ian Curtis (10/12/2005 5:17:00 AM)

    This poem is simply genius

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  • Frances Macaulay Forde (11/9/2004 10:18:00 AM)

    This piece really touched me - I have been where the poet is... And, although I understand the writer may have been feeling small when this was composed; I personally, would have used a capital 'I'.

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