The Poem as Portrait
Roger McGough presents a selection of requests for poems which paint a portrait, including contributions from Lord Byron, UA Fanthorpe and Charles Causley. Producer Sally Heaven.
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The Idle Shepherd Boys
听By William Wordsworth
From William Wordsworth 鈥� The Major Works
Published by Oxford University Press
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The Schoolboy
By William Blake
From Blake鈥檚 Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
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Nurse's Song - Innocence
By William Blake
From Blake鈥檚 Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press听听听听
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Nurse's Song - Experience
By William Blake
From Blake鈥檚 Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
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The Road Menders
By Laurence Binyon
From The Collected Poems of Laurence Binyon Volume 2
Published by Macmillan and Co Limited
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Almswomen
By Edmund Blunden 听听听听听
From Poems of Many Years by Edmund Blunden
Published by Collins
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The Vagabond
by John Drinkwater听听听听听听听听
From John Drinkwater Collected Poems Volume 1 1908-1917
Published by Sidgwick and Jackson Limited
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Superannuated Psychiatrist
By UA Fanthorpe
From U.A Fanthorpe 鈥� Collected Poems 1978-2003
Published by Peterloo Poets
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Chief Petty Officer
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley 鈥� Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Macmillan
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Mr Bleaney
By Philip Larkin听
From Philip Larkin 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
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Self Portrait, 1906
By Rainer Maria Rilke 听听听听
Translated by Stephen Cohn
Taken from Rilke: New Poems
Published by Carcanet
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Self portrait
By Linda Pastan
Taken from
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She Walks in Beauty
By Lord Byron 听听
From Lord Byron 鈥� Selected Poems
Published by Bloomsbury
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When You Are Old
By WB Yeats
From Yeats
Published by Everyman
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Feb 2017 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 4 Mar 2017 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4