British comic Hegley composes nearly ... Wry first-person poems describe a darkly amusing childhood. In "A Boy's Best Gift," a boy begs his father for a dog and gets an empty kennel ("I crawled ...

JENI CONNIBEER speaks to talented bard John Hegley, who performs his clever prose in Dog at The Bull on June ... about dogs in it but there are a few poems about dogs. I'm not sure why I like ...

the beauty of John Hegley ... dog since the 80s and I live in a flat, so am happy with my tabby, Ella.” Born in London he was raised in Luton (the town provides another rich seam of humorous ...