The Leader Poem by Roger McGough

The Leader

Rating: 3.8


I wanna be the leader
I wanna be the leader
Can I be the leader?
Can I? I can?
Promise? Promise?
Yippee I'm the leader
I'm the leader

OK what shall we do?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sergio Garza 23 September 2009

He went to college to write this? These are the words of a teen trying to be clever about the absurdness of politics. Ha! Ridiculous.

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Sallie Howson 30 January 2006

think this poem should be dedicated to all politicians

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Chris Thomas 15 January 2009

It reads like the opening lines of a Prime Minister's C.V. Absolutely Class!

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M Asim Nehal 04 January 2016

Why u wanna be a leader?

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Bernard F. Asuncion 10 October 2017

Nyahaha.... such a humurous and funny poem.....

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Dr Antony Theodore 22 November 2020

Can I? I can? Promise? Promise? Yippee I'm the leader I'm the leader presenting a problem. tony

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Suryendu Chaudhury 22 October 2020

Sarcasm at it's finest.

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Mahtab Bangalee 26 September 2020

it's a sarcastic poetic little expression on the world Leaders- I think

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Mahtab Bangalee 26 September 2020

Wanna be a leader? Yeah! Everyone wanna be a leader! but for what? to be seated on the THRONE! ! ! to rule as barbaric alone! ! ! or to serve everything as like the servant! ! !

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Khairul Ahsan 26 September 2020

Leadership is not everybody's cuppatea! Loved the humour. Congratulations on your poem's selection as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

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