Many of the poems are humorous or ironic? Do you enjoy this
style of writing or did you want some serious poems as well? Does it remind you
of any other writers?
Have you read any of McGough’s earlier work? How does this
compare?
What did you think of the series
that began “to…” in which the poet addresses various things? Does this type of
poem work? What is the author trying to achieve?
The poet makes many allusions to childhood and death in this
collection? How do you feel he handled these subject matters? Is it a nostalgic
collection?
McGough has been described as one of the nation’s lighter
poets – do you feel that this is a fair description? Did you detect any darker
undercurrents to his work?
McGough is often alluded to as a Liverpool Poet - did you get any sense of this from this collection?
What was your favourite/least favourite poem in the
collection? Why?
How did you feel about the collection as a whole?
