John Hegley

(1 October 1953 - / Islington, London)

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  • A Comparison Between Logs And ...
  • Love Cuts Love cuts love juts out and you walk right into ...
  • Love Poem By My Dog
  • Easter Eggley The donkey ride the road of palms the garden ...
  • Bonfire Night the doors open everyone comes out everyone is...
  • Smelly One playtime, staying out of the rain, His heart ...
  • Very Bad Dog I took Rover over to the park the other day I ...
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John Hegley is an English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter.

Early Life

He was born in the Newington Green area of Islington, London, England, into a Roman Catholic household. He was brought up in Luton and Bristol. After school he worked as a bus conductor and civil servant before attending the University of Bradford, where he gained a B.Sc. in European Literature and the History of Ideas and Sociology. Hegley has French ancestry (his father's name was René) and claims he is descended from the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. His paternal grandmother was a dancer with the Folies Bergère.

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Best Poem of John Hegley

A Comparison Between Logs And Dogs

Both are very popular at Christmas,
But it is not generally considered cruel to abandon a log,
And dogs are rarely used as fuel.

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