Families
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests with a family theme. Including poems by Anna Akhmatova, Jacob Sam-La Rose and Sylvia Plath. With readers James Fleet and Amanda Root. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
Family Group
By Ken Smith
From You Again 鈥� Last Poems and Other Words
Published by Bloodaxe
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Stones on a Dorset Beach
By David Scott
From Playing for England
Published by Bloodaxe
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My Old Cat
By Hal Summers
From The Oxford Book of Death
Published by Oxford University Press
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The Road to Persia
By Kathryn Simmonds
From Sunday at the Skin Launderette
Published by Seren
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Parting
By Kathleen Raine
From The School Bag
Published by Faber and Faber
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Once
By Carol Rumens
From Poems: 1968-2004
Published by Bloodaxe
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Farewell
By Agha Shahid Ali
From The Veiled Suite 鈥� The Collected Poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Published by W.W Norton & Company
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Dedication
From 鈥楻equiem鈥�
By Anna Akhmatova
Translated by D.M Thomas
From You Will Hear Thunder 鈥� Akhmatova: Poems
Published by Secker & Warburg
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For My Daughter
By Jo Roach
From Oxford Poets 2007: An Anthology
Published by Oxford Poets
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Cheap Moisturiser
By John Siddique
From The Prize
Published by The Rialto
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Never
By Jacob Sam-La Rose
From Breaking Silence
Published by Bloodaxe
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Daddy
By Sylvia Plath
Read by Sylvia Plath
From LP 鈥楾he Poet Speaks鈥�
Label: Argo (Decca)听
PLP1085
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | James Fleet |
| Reader | Amanda Root |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 20 Sep 2015 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 26 Sep 2015 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4