“Bogland” is a poem that Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) included in his second collection, entitled “Door into the Dark” (published 1969). This…
Roger McGough (born 1937) is one of Great Britain’s best-known and well-loved poets, having been writing both serious and comic verse for more…
Every so often one comes across a poem that seems to make sense as it stands but actually presents more questions than answers. When one begins to ask…
Roger McGough (born in 1937) is one of a small number of British poets whose…