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June Miscellany

Roger McGough with a miscellany of poems about sun, sleep, love and loss. Including poetry by Margaret Atwood, Fleur Adcock, Wislawa Symborska, John Keats and WH Auden. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Jun 2015 23:30

This Week's Poems

A Green Cornfield

By Christina Rossetti

From The Book of a Thousand Poems; a Family Treasury

Published by Peter Bedrick Books

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Nature Table听听听听听

By Fleur Adcock

From Fleur Adcock 鈥� Selected Poems

Published by Oxford University Press

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The Sunlight on the Garden

By Louis MacNeice

From The Collected Poems of Louis MacNeice

Published by Faber and Faber

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Lost Hold

By Jenny Joseph

From Jenny Joseph 鈥� Selected Poems

Published by Bloodaxe

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Exile听听听听听听

By Kathleen Raine

From Kathleen Raine 鈥� Selected Poems

Published by Golgonooza Press

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Bright Star

By Keats

From Keats鈥檚 Poetry and Prose

Published by W. W. Norton & Company

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Lullaby听

By W H Auden

From W H Auden 鈥� Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957

Published by Faber and Faber

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To Althea from Prison听听听

By Richard Lovelace

From An Anthology of World Poetry [Second Edition]

Published by Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc.

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True Love

By Wislawa Szymborska听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

From Wislawa Szymborska 鈥� Poems New and Collected 1957-1997

Published by Faber and Faber

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Well Water

By Edmond Jabes

From A Share of Ink

Published by Menard Press

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The Bluebird听听听听听

By Charles Bukowski

From The Last Night of the Earth Poems

Published by Ecco / HarperCollins

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Sleep Positions听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

By Lola Haskins

From Desire Lines

Published by BOA Editions, Limited

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Aunt Julia

By Norman MacCaig听听听听听听

From The Rattle Bag

Published by Faber and Faber听听听

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Morning in the Burned House

By Margaret Atwood

From Morning in the Burned House

Published by Virago

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Jun 2015 16:30
  • Sat 27 Jun 2015 23:30