Thanks for reminding me of Roger McGough, I remember listening to his poetry in the long ago 60’s!
I have come late to recording poetry & the writings of others that I can relate to, mainly to remind me that that there have always been good people in this sad world.
Would that their voices could still be heard above the hate & violence.
Thanks for this heartfelt reminder of what a love poet MacNeice can be. There’s less romance in his later long poem, Autumn Sequel (1954), which everyone says is awful, but which I really admire: he’s wonderfully honest about middle age, full of inventive rhyming, and sharply observant of Britain in the Fifties.
MacNeice could be quite hilarious too…the Iceland Diaries spring to mind. But I agree with you about the “littered with kisses” line. For some reason it reminds me of the first snow.
Thanks for reminding me of Roger McGough, I remember listening to his poetry in the long ago 60’s!
I have come late to recording poetry & the writings of others that I can relate to, mainly to remind me that that there have always been good people in this sad world.
Would that their voices could still be heard above the hate & violence.
Thanks for this heartfelt reminder of what a love poet MacNeice can be. There’s less romance in his later long poem, Autumn Sequel (1954), which everyone says is awful, but which I really admire: he’s wonderfully honest about middle age, full of inventive rhyming, and sharply observant of Britain in the Fifties.
MacNeice could be quite hilarious too…the Iceland Diaries spring to mind. But I agree with you about the “littered with kisses” line. For some reason it reminds me of the first snow.
My mum had a copy of The Mersey Sound and I read it in my teens. I thought it was fantastic. The three of them were so good.
Great to learn more about Louis MacNeice, too. Thanks, I enjoyed this!
I think Brian Patten might need a whole Substack...