Bees
Roger McGough is back with a Poetry Please celebrating the humble bee. The stripy creatures have long been a muse to poets from Tagore to Carol Ann Duffy. With readers James Fleet and Amanda Root, and beekeeper Jeff Davey. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
Equinox
By Elizabeth Alexander
From American Blue 鈥� Selected Poems
Published by Bloodaxe
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Brother Douglas Looks After the Bees
By David Scott
From Playing for England
Published by Bloodaxe
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Bees Cannot Fly
By Roger McGough
From Roger McGough 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by Viking
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Virgil鈥檚 Bees
By Carol Ann Duffy
From The Bees
Published by Picador
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An extract from The Eclogues and Georgics
by Virgil
Translated by C Day Lewis
Published by Oxford University Press
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The Honeycomb
By Pauline Stainer
From The Honeycomb
Published by Bloodaxe
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Spelling Bees
By Roger McGough
From The Bees Knees
Published by Puffin
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Extract from Bee Journal
By Sean Borodale
Published by Jonathan Cape
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鈥榃e both live in the same village..鈥�
By Rabindranath Tagore
Taken from
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鈥極ver the green and yellow..鈥�
By Rabindranath Tagore
Taken from
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Cornish Wind
By Arthur Symons
From This Green Earth: A Celebration of Nature Poetry
Published by Ellenbank Press
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The Hive
By Jo Shapcott
From Six Bee Poems
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Extract from The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
By Steve Roud
Published by Penguin
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Telling the Bees
By John Greenleaf Whittier
From The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
Published by Oxford University Press
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The Barn
By Peter Didsbury
From Scenes From A Long Sleep 鈥� New and Collected Poems
Published by Bloodaxe
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A Bee
By Peter Didsbury
From Scenes From A Long Sleep 鈥� New and Collected Poems
Published by Bloodaxe
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The Beekeeper to his Assistant
By Noel Duffy
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | James Fleet |
| Reader | Amanda Root |
| Interviewed Guest | Jeff Davey |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Sep 2015 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 12 Sep 2015 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4