21/09/2014
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag of listeners' poetry requests, from Emily Bronte to Philip Larkin. Topics covered include religion, the seaside and an embarrassing dinner party.
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag of listeners poetry requests, from Emily Bronte to Philip Larkin. Topics covered include religion, a trip to the seaside and a really embarrassing dinner party. Women poets writing in the 19th and 20th centuries are highlighted, with work by Christina Rossetti, Mary Webb, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Emily Dickinson.
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This Week's Poems
Flint
by Christina Rossetti
From The Oxford Book of Children鈥檚 Verse
Published by Oxford University Press
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Is it Done?
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 听
From Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Published by WP Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, Edinburgh
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To the Sea
by Philip Larkin
Taken from Philip Larkin 鈥� Collected Poems.
Published by The Marvell Press & Faber
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All things Pass by Lao Tzu, translated by Timothy Leary.
Taken from Poems and Readings for Funerals.
Published by Penguin.
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The Brook
by Edward Thomas
From Edward Thomas 鈥� The Annotated Collected Poems.
Published by Bloodaxe
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Green Rain
by Mary Webb
From A Book of Nature Poems.
Published by Viking Press
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In Praise of Cities
by Thom Gunn
From Thom Gunn 鈥� Collected Poems.
Published by Faber
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Remembrance
by Emily Bronte
From Selected Bronte Poems
Published by Basil Blackwell Ltd
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The Winter Palace
by Philip Larkin
From Philip Larkin 鈥� Collected Poems.
Published by Faber
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The Kingdom of God
by Francis Thompson
From The Poems of Francis Thompson.
Published by Hollis and Carter Ltd
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He Fumbles at Your Soul
by Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published by Faber.
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Drawing Water
by Ann Atkinson
Taken from her website, 听
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Poppies
by Ida Affleck Graves
From A Kind Husband by Ida Affleck Graves.
Published by Oxford University Press
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Ginger
by Zena Edwards.
Taken from 57 Productions website.
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The Sorry Hostess
by Edgar A Gest
Taken from Just Folks by Edgar A Guest.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago 1917
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Sep 2014 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 27 Sep 2014 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4