28/04/2013
Roger McGough presents the first in a new series of poems requested by listeners, with an edition that dares to walk on the wilder side, focusing on feelings other than love.
Roger McGough presents the first in a new series of poems requested by listeners, with an edition that dares to walk on the wilder side, focusing on feelings other than those that relate to love. If the emotions felt in a single day were mapped across a life, what would be encountered? We hear poems that touch upon darker feelings, such as hatred, shame and remembrance.
Joined by the actors Patrick Romer, Kate Littlewood and Alun Raglan, Roger introduces poems by the likes of the footloose Verlaine, some sharply observed gems by Emily Dickinson, a dark poem about shame by the American poet Richard Wilbur, and a lament that conjures up powerful suburban frustrations, written by the Bristol-based poet and novelist, Helen Dunmore.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
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This Week's Poems
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By Kalidasa
Taken from
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Sensation听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Kenneth Koch
From Sleeping on the Wing; an Anthology of Modern Poetry with Essays on Reading and Writing
Publisher: Random House
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Pain Has an Element of Blank听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson听
Publisher:听 Faber
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When You鈥檝e Got听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Helen Dunmore
From Being Alive
Publisher: Bloodaxe
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Hatred听
By Wislawa Szymborska, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak & Clare Kavanagh
From Wislawa Szymborska - Poems New and Collected 1957 鈥� 1997
Publisher: Faber
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Shame听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Richard Wilbur
From The Faber Book of Modern Verse
Publisher: Faber
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The Uncommon Old Man听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Anon
From 鈥淭he Convivial Songster鈥� 1782
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Success is Counted Sweetest听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson听
Publisher:听 Faber
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To Make a Prairie it Takes听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson听
Publisher:听 Faber
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There is Another Sky听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson听
Publisher:听 Faber
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The Soul Unto Itself听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson听
Publisher:听 Faber
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Darling Fool Child听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Kate Scott
From Stitches
Publisher Peterloo Poets
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A Second Childhood听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By GK Chesterton
From The Works of GK Chesterton
Publisher: Wordsworth Poetry Library
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Remembrance听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Emily Bronte
From The Brontes - Selected Poems听
Publisher : Everyman
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A Woman鈥檚 Last Word听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Robert Browning
From The Poetical Works of Robert Browning vol II
Publisher:听 John Murray
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Performer | Patrick Romer |
| Performer | Alun Raglan |
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Apr 2013 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 4 May 2013 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4