Nationality: Irish (born in Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo) Fact:
Twelve of Terry McDonagh’s poems have been put to music for voice and string quartet. He now works with uilleann piper, Diarmaid Moynihan, as part of a poetry/piper duo.
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The next poem in this humour section is about something many people don’t like thinking about – head lice! Note how the poet uses humour to address this. Also take a note of how the poem makes you feel.
Head Lice by Terry McDonagh
I’ve had head lice twice …
Nearly went bananas, I did. Worse than bad breath, it was Good mates defect to enemy gangs, take the lice with them and keep on
scratching.
My things were put in the freezer to frostbite the life out of the geezers …
