Jack Clemo at 100
Roger McGough listens to a series of poems by Cornish poet Jack Clemo, who was born 100 years ago. Rowan Williams and Luke Thompson pick their favourites.
Roger McGough listens to a series of poems by the remarkable Cornish poet Jack Clemo who was born 100 years ago. A devout and singular poet, Clemo grew up in the raw and brutal landscape of the china-clay pits of Cornwall. He was deeply affected by where he was from. Deaf from an early age, and later blind as well, he wrote an extraordinary physical yet religious verse that is like nothing and no one else. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and Clemo's biographer, Luke Thompson, pick and read their favourite poems and Jim Causley sings some. Producer: Tim Dee.
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This Week's Poems
The Flooded Clay-Pit
Christ in the Clay-Pit
The Excavator
A Calvinist in Love
Quenched
All by Jack Clemo from 鈥楯ack Clemo Selected Poems鈥� ed by Luke Thompson, published by Enitharmon.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
By Jack Clemo
From A Different Drummer
Published by Tabb House in 1986.
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Montana Shade
By Jack Clemo
Originally unpublished, recently published in 鈥楥lay Phoenix: A Biography of Jack Clemo鈥� by Luke Thompson
Published by Ally
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A Calvinist in Love
Performed by Jim Causley
From the CD 鈥楾he Clay Hymnal: Poems of Jack Clemo鈥�
Westwords Publications
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Interviewed Guest | Rowan Williams |
| Interviewed Guest | Luke Thompson |
| Performer | Jim Causley |
| Producer | Tim Dee |
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Aug 2016 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 3 Sep 2016 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4