Poetry and Religion
Roger McGough explores a wide range of poetry about religion, with musings by George Herbert, Jalal al-Din Rumi, William Blake, Billy Collins and Roger McGough.
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Love III
By George Herbert
From George Herbert 鈥� The Complete English Poems
Published by Penguin
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My Garden
By TE Brown听听听听听听
From the Collected Poems of T E Brown
Published by Macmillan and Co Limited
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Questions About Angels
By Billy Collins听听听
From Questions About Angels
Published by The University of Pittsburgh Press
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Granma and the Angels
By Roger McGough
From As Far as I Know
Published by Penguin
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The Angel that Presided O'er My Birth
By William Blake听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
From Blake鈥檚 Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
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Listening
By Rumi
Translated by Coleman Barks
From The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting
Published by Viking Penguin
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God's Funeral
By Thomas Hardy
From Thomas Hardy 鈥� A Critical Selection of His Finest Poetry
Published by Oxford University Press
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A Hindu to his Body
by AK Ramanujan听听听听听听听听听听听
From The Collected Poems of A K Ramanujan
Published by Oxford University Press. India.
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God's World
By Edna St Vincent Millay
From Collected Poems of Edna St.Vincent Millay
Published by Harper Perennial
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I Thank You God听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By ee cummings
From E.E Cummings 鈥� Complete Poems 1904-1962
Published by Liveright
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As Kingfishers Catch Fire
By Gerald Manley Hopkins
From Hopkins
Published by Everyman鈥檚 Library
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The Red Koran听
By Mena Abdullah
From Songs for All Seasons: 100 Poems for Young People
Published by Angus and Robertson
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Extract from Psalm 139
Taken from the King James Bible
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Psalm 92
Taken from the King James Bible and track 3 from the CD 鈥楳usic of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue鈥�
Label: Folkways Records
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Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Mar 2015 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 21 Mar 2015 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4