Poem Quotes Flashcards
My father’s…
…face (1st) (MFW) (Ingrid de Kok)
five…
…days dead (2nd) (MFW)
is organised…
…for me to see (3rd) (MFW)
and the borrowed…
…coffin gleams unnaturally (5th) (MFW)
he hid,…
…he hid away (17th) (MFW)
the florist’s flowers…
…curling into spring (19th) (MFW)
everything he hears…
…is white (24th) (MFW)
Grand-dad, they…
…say you’re old and frail, (1st) (AC) (JB)
You used to smile…
…and stroke my head, (7th) (AC)
I love my…
…own old dad. (18th) (AC)
The housewives…
…round their potions brew, (19th) (AC)
Rouse up…
…and be our dad again. (26th) (AC)
Your fixed eyes…
…begin to wink, (46th) (AC)
Let me be your raincoat/…
…for those frequent rainy days (9-10th) (IWBY)
I will not…
…run out (18th) (IWBY)
i don’t wanna…
…be hers (28th) (IWBY)
let me be your vacuum cleaner/…
…breathing in your dust (1st/2nd) (IWBY)
i wanna be…
…yours (8th) (IWBY)
you call…
…the shots (7th) (IWBY)
CONTEXT: John Cooper Clarke
The ‘people’s poet’, funny - an entertainer. English performance poet, born in Salford (1949). 2 wives. 5 decade long career. 68 in 2017
‘Bed’ seemed a curious…
…name for those green spears (2nd) (N)
That regiment of…
…spite behind the shed (3rd) (N)
The boy came…
…seeking comfort and I saw (4th) (N)
And then I took my billhook…
…and honed the blade (9th) (N)
